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The Moon on Friday, December 23, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 23, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 December 2072383,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
383,780 km238,470 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2072 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 17, 207213:50
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 25, 207207:15

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2072 to the new moon of January 8, 2073, a cycle of 29.63 days.