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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2081: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 2081Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 December 2081374,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
374,696 km232,825 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 30, 2081 at 04:28 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 16, 208104:31
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 23, 208103:55

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 2081 to the new moon of December 30, 2081, a cycle of 29.58 days.