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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 2031Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 December 2031365,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
365,566 km227,152 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2031 is on Sunday, December 28, 2031 at 17:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 14, 2031 at 09:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.