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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2055: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on December 9, 2055Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 December 2055378,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
378,656 km235,286 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2055 is on Saturday, December 4, 2055 at 05:40 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 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.