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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on December 19, 2040Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 December 2040401,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
401,905 km249,732 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 2, 2041 at 19:08 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 18, 204012:16
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 26, 204017:02

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2040 to the new moon of January 2, 2041, a cycle of 29.48 days.