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The Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on December 29, 2019Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 December 2019397,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 29, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
397,351 km246,903 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2019 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Sunday, December 29, 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.