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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on December 23, 2048Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 December 2048404,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
404,238 km251,181 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 4, 2049 at 02:24 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 20, 204806:39
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 28, 204808:31

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2048 to the new moon of January 4, 2049, a cycle of 29.45 days.