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The Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2081: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 21, 2081Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 December 2081370,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 21, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 68.6% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
370,483 km230,208 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 30, 2081 at 04:28 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Sunday, December 21, 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.