Waning · 98.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°
Moon age
15.8days
Moon phase on December 13, 2008Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, December 13, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
356,920 km221,780 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 13, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:23 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, December 12, 2008 | 16:37 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, December 19, 2008 | 10:29 |
The Moon around December 13
More about this date
Saturday, December 13, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2008 to the new moon of December 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.81 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.