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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2036: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 16, 2036Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 2036389,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 2036, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
389,185 km241,828 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2036 is on Wednesday, December 3, 2036 at 14:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 2036 at 15:34 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2036 to the new moon of December 17, 2036, a cycle of 29.64 days.