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The Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1994: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 21, 1994Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 December 1994394,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 21, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
394,545 km245,159 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1994 is on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 02:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 1, 1995 at 10:56 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 18, 199402:17
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 25, 199419:07

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Wednesday, December 21, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1994 to the new moon of January 1, 1995, a cycle of 29.46 days.