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The Moon on Monday, December 18, 2051: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 2051Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 December 2051367,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 18, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
367,338 km228,253 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 2, 2052 at 03:05 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 17, 205116:05
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 24, 205123:21

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Monday, December 18, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2051 to the new moon of January 2, 2052, a cycle of 29.73 days.