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The Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on December 25, 1999Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 December 1999365,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 25, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
365,348 km227,017 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1999 is on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 17:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Saturday, December 25, 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.