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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2059: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on December 20, 2059Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 December 2059384,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 2059, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
384,254 km238,764 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2059 is on Friday, December 19, 2059 at 02:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 3, 2060 at 16:40 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 19, 205902:12
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 26, 205921:17

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2059 to the new moon of January 3, 2060, a cycle of 29.62 days.