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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on December 18, 2020Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 December 2020383,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
383,237 km238,132 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 14, 202016:17
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 21, 202023:41

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 days.