Waning · 98.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°
Moon age
16.8days
Moon phase on December 31, 2020Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
388,134 km241,175 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, December 30, 2020 | 03:28 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | 09:37 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Thursday, December 31, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 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.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.