Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°
Moon age
2.2days
Moon phase on December 31, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, December 31, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
392,936 km244,159 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 2016 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 06:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, December 29, 2016 | 06:53 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, January 5, 2017 | 19:47 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Saturday, December 31, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2016 to the new moon of January 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.72 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.