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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 2038: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 20, 2038Waning Crescent

Monday 20 December 2038370,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 37.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
370,871 km230,448 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 19, 203809:29
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 26, 203801:02

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2038 to the new moon of December 26, 2038, a cycle of 29.47 days.