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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 2038Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 December 2038383,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 70.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
383,917 km238,555 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.