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The Moon on Monday, December 30, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on December 30, 2019Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 December 2019400,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 30, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
400,623 km248,936 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2019 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Monday, December 30, 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.