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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2038: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 22, 2038Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 December 2038363,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
363,834 km226,076 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.