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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 2029: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 31, 2029Waning Crescent

Monday 31 December 2029365,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 2029, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
365,066 km226,841 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2029 is on Thursday, December 20, 2029 at 22:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 4, 2030 at 02:50 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 28, 202909:49
New Moon (after)Friday, January 4, 203002:50

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 2029 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2029 to the new moon of January 4, 2030, a cycle of 29.50 days.