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The Moon on Friday, December 22, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 2028Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 December 2028403,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 22, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
403,154 km250,508 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Friday, December 22, 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.