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The Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2055: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on December 5, 2055Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 December 2055391,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 5, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
391,834 km243,474 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2055 is on Saturday, December 4, 2055 at 05:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 4, 205505:40
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 11, 205515:05

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Sunday, December 5, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2055 to the new moon of December 18, 2055, a cycle of 29.49 days.