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The Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on December 27, 2048Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 December 2048390,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 27, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
390,265 km242,499 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 4, 2049 at 02:24 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Sunday, December 27, 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.