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The Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on December 10, 2026Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 December 2026406,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 10, 2026, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
406,183 km252,390 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2026 is on Thursday, December 24, 2026 at 01:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 00:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 9, 202600:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 17, 202605:43

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Thursday, December 10, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2026 to the new moon of January 7, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.