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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on December 15, 2038Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 December 2038391,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
391,679 km243,378 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 11, 203817:31
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 19, 203809:29

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2038 to the new moon of December 26, 2038, a cycle of 29.47 days.