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The Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2039: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on December 31, 2039Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 December 2039405,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 31, 2039, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
405,316 km251,851 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2039 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 30, 203912:38
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 7, 204011:06

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Saturday, December 31, 2039 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 2039 to the new moon of January 14, 2040, a cycle of 29.45 days.