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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2024: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 2024Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 December 2024401,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
401,609 km249,548 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.