Waning · 95.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°
Moon age
16.6days
Moon phase on December 24, 1999Waning Gibbous
On Friday, December 24, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
360,756 km224,163 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 24, 1999 is on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 17:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, December 22, 1999 | 17:31 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, December 29, 1999 | 14:05 |
The Moon around December 24
More about this date
Friday, December 24, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 1999 to the new moon of January 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.82 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.