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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on December 24, 2017Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 December 2017395,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
395,292 km245,623 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2017 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 18, 201706:31
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 26, 201709:20

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2017 to the new moon of January 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.82 days.