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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2074: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 2074Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 2074401,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2074, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
401,421 km249,432 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2074 is on Wednesday, January 2, 2075 at 09:39 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 18, 2074 at 07:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 25, 207405:07
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 2, 207509:39

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2074 to the new moon of January 16, 2075, a cycle of 29.47 days.