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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 2038Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 December 2038379,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
379,610 km235,879 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.