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The Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 2022Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 December 2022359,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 25, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
359,471 km223,365 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2022 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 23, 202210:17
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 30, 202201:21

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Sunday, December 25, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.