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The Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on December 19, 2020Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 December 2020389,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 19, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
389,033 km241,734 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Saturday, December 19, 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.