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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on December 13, 2019Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 December 2019378,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
378,262 km235,041 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 12, 201905:12
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 19, 201904:57

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2019 to the new moon of December 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.59 days.