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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2021: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 2021Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 December 2021363,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
363,328 km225,761 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 27, 202102:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 2, 202218:34

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2021 to the new moon of January 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.45 days.