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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on December 25, 2040Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 25 December 2040401,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
401,016 km249,180 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 2, 2041 at 19:08 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 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.