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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on December 28, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 December 2019393,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
393,508 km244,514 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2019 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.