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The Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on December 24, 1991Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 December 1991362,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 24, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
362,240 km225,085 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1991 is on Saturday, December 21, 1991 at 10:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Tuesday, December 24, 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.