Waning · 5.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°
Moon age
27.5days
Moon phase on December 21, 2022Waning Crescent
On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
365,634 km227,194 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Friday, December 16, 2022 | 08:56 |
| New Moon (after) | Friday, December 23, 2022 | 10:17 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Wednesday, December 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.