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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 2021Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 December 2021384,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
384,013 km238,615 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 19, 202104:36
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 27, 202102:24

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.