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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2024: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 25, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 December 2024403,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
403,592 km250,781 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 22, 202422:18
New Moon (after)Monday, December 30, 202422:27

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2024 to the new moon of December 30, 2024, a cycle of 29.67 days.