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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on December 26, 2053Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 December 2053358,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
358,066 km222,492 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2053 is on Thursday, December 25, 2053 at 09:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 8, 2054 at 22:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 25, 205309:23
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 1, 205401:11

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 2053 to the new moon of January 8, 2054, a cycle of 29.79 days.