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The Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2018: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 2018Waning Crescent

Sunday 30 December 2018380,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 30, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
380,717 km236,566 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 29, 201809:34
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 6, 201901:28

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Sunday, December 30, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 2018 to the new moon of January 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.76 days.