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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 2012Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 December 2012401,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
401,820 km249,679 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 201210:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 5, 201303:58

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2012 to the new moon of January 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.46 days.