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The Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2071: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on December 5, 2071Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 December 2071374,060 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 5, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
374,060 km232,430 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2071 is on Monday, December 7, 2071 at 06:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 21, 2071 at 19:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 29, 207121:07
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 7, 207106:57

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Saturday, December 5, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 2071 to the new moon of December 21, 2071, a cycle of 29.70 days.