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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 26, 2048Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 2048395,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 68.6% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
395,048 km245,471 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 4, 2049 at 02:24 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.