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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 2018Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 2018367,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.0% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
367,720 km228,490 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.