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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 2081: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on December 12, 2081Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 December 2081397,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
397,271 km246,853 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 2081 at 14:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 8, 208106:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 16, 208104:31

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 2081 to the new moon of December 30, 2081, a cycle of 29.58 days.