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The Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 2028Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 December 2028400,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
400,779 km249,033 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Thursday, December 21, 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.