Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°
Moon age
5.3days
Moon phase on December 31, 2019Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, December 31, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
403,039 km250,437 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 2019 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, December 26, 2019 | 05:13 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, January 3, 2020 | 04:46 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Tuesday, December 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.