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The Moon on Monday, December 12, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 2022Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 December 2022405,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.8% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
405,744 km252,117 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Monday, December 12, 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.