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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on December 14, 2022Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 December 2022402,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
402,586 km250,155 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 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.