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The Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 30, 2012Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 December 2012399,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 30, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
399,402 km248,177 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Sunday, December 30, 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.