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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 2015Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 2015380,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
380,579 km236,481 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2015 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 25, 201511:12
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 2, 201605:31

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2015 to the new moon of January 10, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.