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The Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2028: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 12, 2028Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 December 2028369,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 12, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
369,399 km229,534 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2028 is on Saturday, December 2, 2028 at 01:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 9, 202805:39
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 16, 202802:06

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Tuesday, December 12, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 2028 to the new moon of December 16, 2028, a cycle of 29.53 days.