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The Moon on Monday, December 23, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on December 23, 2013Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 December 2013400,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 23, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
400,527 km248,876 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Monday, December 23, 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.