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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 2022Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 December 2022366,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
366,446 km227,699 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2022 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.