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The Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on December 10, 2022Waning Gibbous

Saturday 10 December 2022404,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 10, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
404,835 km251,553 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 8, 202204:08
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 16, 202208:56

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Saturday, December 10, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2022 to the new moon of December 23, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.