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The Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on December 6, 2009Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 December 2009365,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 6, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
365,775 km227,282 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2009 is on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 07:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:02 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 2, 200907:31
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 9, 200900:14

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Sunday, December 6, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 2009 to the new moon of December 16, 2009, a cycle of 29.70 days.