Waning · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°
Moon age
16.2days
Moon phase on December 23, 2018Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, December 23, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
361,739 km224,774 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 23, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, December 22, 2018 | 17:49 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, December 29, 2018 | 09:34 |
The Moon around December 23
More about this date
Sunday, December 23, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 2018 to the new moon of January 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.76 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.