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The Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2038: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 21, 2038Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 December 2038366,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 21, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
366,966 km228,022 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Tuesday, December 21, 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.