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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 2013Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 December 2013406,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
406,152 km252,371 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.