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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2022: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 2022Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 December 2022389,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
389,492 km242,019 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 16, 202208:56
New Moon (after)Friday, December 23, 202210:17

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2022 to the new moon of December 23, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.