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The Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2059: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 2059Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 December 2059400,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 24, 2059, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
400,880 km249,095 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2059 is on Friday, December 19, 2059 at 02:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 3, 2060 at 16:40 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Wednesday, December 24, 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.