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The Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2019: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 22, 2019Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 December 2019373,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 22, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
373,390 km232,013 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 19, 201904:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 26, 201905:13

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Sunday, December 22, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2019 to the new moon of December 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.59 days.