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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2027: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on December 23, 2027Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 December 2027384,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
384,360 km238,830 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.