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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2022: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 22, 2022Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 December 2022361,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
361,477 km224,611 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 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.