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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1995: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on December 9, 1995Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 December 1995406,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
406,313 km252,471 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1995 is on Thursday, December 7, 1995 at 01:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 7, 199501:27
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 15, 199505:31

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1995 to the new moon of December 22, 1995, a cycle of 29.44 days.