Waning · 99.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°
Full Moon at
04:36UTC
Moon phase on December 19, 2021Full Moon
On Sunday, December 19, 2021, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
405,681 km252,079 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 405,924 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 19, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, December 11, 2021 | 01:36 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, December 19, 2021 | 04:36 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, December 27, 2021 | 02:24 |
The Moon around December 19
More about this date
Sunday, December 19, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2021 to the new moon of January 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.45 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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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.