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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on December 23, 2010Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 December 2010370,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
370,257 km230,067 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 21, 201008:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 28, 201004:19

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2010 to the new moon of January 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.64 days.