Waning · 3.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°
Moon age
28.0days
Moon phase on December 16, 2017Waning Crescent
On Saturday, December 16, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
404,518 km251,356 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 16, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, December 10, 2017 | 07:52 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, December 18, 2017 | 06:31 |
The Moon around December 16
More about this date
Saturday, December 16, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2017 to the new moon of December 18, 2017, a cycle of 29.78 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
- 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.