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The Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on December 30, 2042Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 30 December 2042387,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 30, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
387,814 km240,977 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2042 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 2043 at 06:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 26, 204217:43
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 3, 204306:08

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Tuesday, December 30, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2042 to the new moon of January 11, 2043, a cycle of 29.68 days.