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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 2018Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 December 2018371,813 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
371,813 km231,034 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 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.