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The Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on December 13, 2022Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 13 December 2022404,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
404,730 km251,487 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Tuesday, December 13, 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.