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The Moon on Monday, December 23, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on December 23, 1991Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 December 1991359,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 23, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
359,467 km223,362 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1991 is on Saturday, December 21, 1991 at 10:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 21, 199110:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 28, 199101:55

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Monday, December 23, 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.