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The Moon on Monday, December 18, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 18, 2028Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 December 2028388,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 18, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
388,591 km241,459 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 16, 202802:06
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 23, 202821:45

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Monday, December 18, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2028 to the new moon of January 14, 2029, a cycle of 29.64 days.