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The Moon on Sunday, December 13, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on December 13, 2026Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 December 2026404,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 13, 2026, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
404,328 km251,238 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2026 is on Thursday, December 24, 2026 at 01:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 00:52 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Sunday, December 13, 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.