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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on December 20, 2040Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 December 2040403,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
403,895 km250,969 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 2, 2041 at 19:08 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.