Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°
Moon age
1.4days
Moon phase on December 21, 2025Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, December 21, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
400,329 km248,753 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 2025 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 01:44 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 01:44 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | 19:10 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Sunday, December 21, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2025 to the new moon of January 18, 2026, a cycle of 29.76 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.