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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 2081: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on December 15, 2081Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 December 2081384,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
384,877 km239,152 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 30, 2081 at 04:28 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 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.