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The Moon on Friday, December 15, 2028: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on December 15, 2028Waning Crescent

Friday 15 December 2028375,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 15, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
375,711 km233,456 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2028 is on Saturday, December 2, 2028 at 01:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Friday, December 15, 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.