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The Moon on Monday, December 7, 2026: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 7, 2026Waning Crescent

Monday 7 December 2026401,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 7, 2026, the Moon will be 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
401,783 km249,656 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2026 is on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 14:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 00:52 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 1, 202606:09
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 9, 202600:52

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Monday, December 7, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 2026 to the new moon of December 9, 2026, a cycle of 29.74 days.