Waning · 0.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°
Moon age
29.0days
Moon phase on December 17, 2017Waning Crescent
On Sunday, December 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
405,818 km252,163 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 17, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 1 day 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 17
More about this date
Sunday, December 17, 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.