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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on December 9, 2017Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 December 2017376,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
376,829 km234,150 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 3, 201715:47
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 10, 201707:52

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 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.