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The Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on December 28, 2023Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 December 2023396,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 28, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
396,819 km246,572 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2023 is on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 00:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 27, 202300:33
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 4, 202403:31

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Thursday, December 28, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2023 to the new moon of January 11, 2024, a cycle of 29.52 days.