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The Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2073: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on December 21, 2073Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 December 2073374,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 2073, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 55.8% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
374,023 km232,407 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2073 is on Thursday, December 14, 2073 at 13:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 2073 at 16:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 14, 207313:49
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 22, 207300:06

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Thursday, December 21, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 2073 to the new moon of December 28, 2073, a cycle of 29.49 days.