Waning · 95.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°
Moon age
17.2days
Moon phase on December 21, 2021Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
402,710 km250,232 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, December 19, 2021 | 04:36 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, December 27, 2021 | 02:24 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Tuesday, December 21, 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.
- 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.