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The Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on December 26, 2056Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 December 2056390,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 26, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
390,193 km242,455 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 5, 2057 at 09:49 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 22, 205601:34
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 29, 205618:22

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Tuesday, December 26, 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.