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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 2029: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on December 21, 2029Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 December 2029396,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 2029, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
396,507 km246,378 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2029 is on Thursday, December 20, 2029 at 22:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 4, 2030 at 02:50 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 20, 202922:47
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 28, 202909:49

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 2029 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2029 to the new moon of January 4, 2030, a cycle of 29.50 days.