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The Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on December 6, 2020Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 December 2020381,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 6, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
381,628 km237,133 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2020 is on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 09:30 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 30, 202009:30
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 8, 202000:37

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Sunday, December 6, 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.