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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on December 30, 2027Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 December 2027404,335 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
404,335 km251,242 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2027 is on Wednesday, January 12, 2028 at 04:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 27, 202720:12
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 5, 202801:41

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2027 to the new moon of January 26, 2028, a cycle of 29.79 days.