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The Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2030: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 21, 2030Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 December 2030364,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 21, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
364,742 km226,640 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2030 is on Monday, December 9, 2030 at 22:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 24, 2030 at 17:32 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 18, 203000:01
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 24, 203017:32

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Saturday, December 21, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2030 to the new moon of December 24, 2030, a cycle of 29.45 days.