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The Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on December 19, 2013Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 December 2013406,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 19, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
406,165 km252,379 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 17, 201309:28
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 25, 201313:48

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Thursday, December 19, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2013 to the new moon of January 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.