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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2027: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 2027Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 December 2027380,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
380,795 km236,615 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.