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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 December 2022399,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
399,277 km248,099 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 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.