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The Moon on Friday, December 23, 2061: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on December 23, 2061Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 December 2061364,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 2061, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
364,236 km226,326 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2061 is on Monday, December 26, 2061 at 16:53 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 11, 2061 at 22:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 19, 206123:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 26, 206116:53

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2061 to the new moon of January 10, 2062, a cycle of 29.81 days.