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The Moon on Friday, December 27, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 27, 2019Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 December 2019389,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 27, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
389,401 km241,962 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2019 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 26, 201905:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 3, 202004:46

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Friday, December 27, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 2019 to the new moon of January 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.69 days.