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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 2053Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 December 2053377,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
377,195 km234,378 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2053 is on Thursday, December 25, 2053 at 09:23 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 8, 2054 at 22:34 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 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.