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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2051: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 2051Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 December 2051377,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
377,465 km234,546 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 2, 2052 at 03:05 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.