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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2024: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 2024Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 December 2024395,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
395,161 km245,542 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.