Waning · 88.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°
Moon age
18.0days
Moon phase on December 6, 2017Waning Gibbous
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
361,659 km224,724 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 6, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, December 3, 2017 | 15:47 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, December 10, 2017 | 07:52 |
The Moon around December 6
More about this date
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2017 to the new moon of December 18, 2017, a cycle of 29.78 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.