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The Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2044: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 2044Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 6 December 2044359,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 6, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
359,760 km223,544 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2044 is on Sunday, December 4, 2044 at 23:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 2044 at 08:53 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 4, 204423:34
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 11, 204414:52

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Tuesday, December 6, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 2044 to the new moon of December 19, 2044, a cycle of 29.75 days.