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The Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2027: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 2027Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 December 2027377,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 21, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 37.8% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
377,182 km234,370 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 20, 202709:11
New Moon (after)Monday, December 27, 202720:12

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Tuesday, December 21, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 2027 to the new moon of December 27, 2027, a cycle of 29.70 days.