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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on December 25, 2018Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 25 December 2018361,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
361,990 km224,930 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 22, 201817:49
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 29, 201809:34

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 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.