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The Moon on Monday, December 16, 2030: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on December 16, 2030Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 December 2030392,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 16, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
392,733 km244,033 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2030 is on Monday, December 9, 2030 at 22:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 24, 2030 at 17:32 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 9, 203022:41
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 18, 203000:01

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Monday, December 16, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2030 to the new moon of December 24, 2030, a cycle of 29.45 days.