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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2019: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on December 25, 2019Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 December 2019381,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
381,538 km237,077 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 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.