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The Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 2022Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 December 2022376,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 29, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
376,774 km234,116 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2022 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Thursday, December 29, 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.