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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 2027: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 2027Waning Crescent

Friday 24 December 2027387,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
387,828 km240,985 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 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.