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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 2059: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 2059Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 December 2059393,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 2059, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
393,441 km244,473 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2059 is on Friday, December 19, 2059 at 02:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 3, 2060 at 16:40 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.