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The Moon on Monday, December 16, 2086: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on December 16, 2086Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 December 2086366,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 16, 2086, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
366,185 km227,537 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2086 is on Friday, December 20, 2086 at 08:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 6, 2086 at 05:48 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 13, 208614:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 20, 208608:19

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Monday, December 16, 2086 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2086 to the new moon of January 4, 2087, a cycle of 29.68 days.