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The Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 9, 2025Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 December 2025377,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
377,525 km234,583 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2025 is on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 23:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 01:44 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 4, 202523:14
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 11, 202520:52

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Tuesday, December 9, 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.