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The Moon on Monday, December 18, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 18, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 December 2023369,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 18, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
369,047 km229,315 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2023 is on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 00:33 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 23:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 12, 202323:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 19, 202318:39

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Monday, December 18, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2023 to the new moon of January 11, 2024, a cycle of 29.52 days.