Waning · 98.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°
Moon age
16.6days
Moon phase on December 23, 2056Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, December 23, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
399,735 km248,384 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 23, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 5, 2057 at 09:49 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, December 22, 2056 | 01:34 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, December 29, 2056 | 18:22 |
The Moon around December 23
More about this date
Saturday, December 23, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2056 to the new moon of January 5, 2057, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2056, or the whole moon calendar 2056.
- The same date one year apart: 2055 · 2057.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.