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The Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2076: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on December 16, 2076Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 December 2076404,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 16, 2076, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
404,626 km251,423 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2076 is on Thursday, December 10, 2076 at 11:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 2076 at 00:53 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 10, 207611:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 18, 207612:40

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Wednesday, December 16, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2076 to the new moon of December 26, 2076, a cycle of 29.56 days.