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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on December 22, 2078Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 December 2078375,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
375,925 km233,589 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2078 is on Sunday, December 18, 2078 at 23:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 2079 at 06:50 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 18, 207823:34
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 26, 207801:16

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2078 to the new moon of January 3, 2079, a cycle of 29.78 days.