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The Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2029: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on December 22, 2029Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 December 2029393,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 22, 2029, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
393,424 km244,462 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2029 is on Thursday, December 20, 2029 at 22:47 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 4, 2030 at 02:50 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Saturday, December 22, 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.