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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 2031Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 2031362,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
362,530 km225,266 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2031 is on Sunday, December 28, 2031 at 17:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 14, 2031 at 09:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 14, 203109:06
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 21, 203100:01

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2031 to the new moon of January 12, 2032, a cycle of 29.46 days.