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The Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2022: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 18, 2022Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 December 2022383,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 18, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
383,456 km238,268 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Sunday, December 18, 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.