Waning · 76.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°
Moon age
20.3days
Moon phase on December 5, 2020Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, December 5, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.0% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
76.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
385,701 km239,663 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 5, 2020 is on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 09:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 9 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Monday, November 30, 2020 | 09:30 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | 00:37 |
The Moon around December 5
More about this date
Saturday, December 5, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 15, 2020 to the new moon of December 14, 2020, a cycle of 29.46 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.