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The Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on December 19, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 December 2056405,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 19, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
405,990 km252,271 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 13, 205620:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 22, 205601:34

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Tuesday, December 19, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2056 to the new moon of January 5, 2057, a cycle of 29.47 days.