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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2079: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on December 9, 2079Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 December 2079357,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
357,324 km222,031 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2079 is on Friday, December 8, 2079 at 15:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 23, 2079 at 06:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 8, 207915:16
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 15, 207906:43

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2079 to the new moon of December 23, 2079, a cycle of 29.79 days.