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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 18, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 December 2059376,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
376,054 km233,669 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2059 is on Friday, December 19, 2059 at 02:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 5, 2059 at 01:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.