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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2081: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on December 20, 2081Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 December 2081371,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
371,242 km230,679 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 30, 2081 at 04:28 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.