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The Moon on Sunday, December 29, 2024: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 29, 2024Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 December 2024391,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 29, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
391,256 km243,115 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Sunday, December 29, 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.