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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2085: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on December 27, 2085Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 2085380,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2085, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
380,793 km236,614 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2085 is on Sunday, December 30, 2085 at 23:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 16, 2085 at 22:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 23, 208517:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 30, 208523:59

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 2085 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2085 to the new moon of January 15, 2086, a cycle of 29.53 days.