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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on December 15, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 December 2078363,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
363,588 km225,923 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2078 is on Sunday, December 18, 2078 at 23:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 4, 2078 at 12:08 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 12, 207807:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 18, 207823:34

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2078 to the new moon of January 3, 2079, a cycle of 29.78 days.