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The Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 2028Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 December 2028375,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 6, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
375,515 km233,334 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2028 is on Saturday, December 2, 2028 at 01:40 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 2, 202801:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 9, 202805:39

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 2028 to the new moon of December 16, 2028, a cycle of 29.53 days.