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The Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on December 24, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 December 2072379,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 24, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
379,165 km235,602 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2072 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Saturday, December 24, 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.