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The Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 2020Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 December 2020394,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 20, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.8% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
394,316 km245,016 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Sunday, December 20, 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.