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The Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1991: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Full Moon at

10:23UTC

Moon phase on December 21, 1991Full Moon

Saturday 21 December 1991359,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 21, 1991, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
359,098 km223,133 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 359,215 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearPartial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1991 is on Saturday, December 21, 1991 at 10:23 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 14, 199109:32
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, December 21, 199110:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 28, 199101:55

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Saturday, December 21, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1991 to the new moon of January 4, 1992, a cycle of 29.80 days.