Waning · 96.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°
Moon age
16.2days
Moon phase on December 6, 2025Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
360,987 km224,307 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 6, 2025 is on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 23:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 01:44 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 23:14 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, December 11, 2025 | 20:52 |
The Moon around December 6
More about this date
Saturday, December 6, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 2025 to the new moon of December 20, 2025, a cycle of 29.79 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.