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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2030: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on December 26, 2030Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 December 2030361,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
361,121 km224,390 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2030 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 24, 2030 at 17:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 24, 203017:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 31, 203013:36

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2030 to the new moon of January 23, 2031, a cycle of 29.46 days.