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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on December 16, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 December 2059370,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
370,853 km230,438 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2059 is on Friday, December 19, 2059 at 02:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 5, 2059 at 01:49 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 12, 205904:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 19, 205902:12

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2059 to the new moon of January 3, 2060, a cycle of 29.62 days.