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The Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 December 2018364,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 26, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
364,320 km226,378 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Wednesday, December 26, 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.