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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2038: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on December 23, 2038Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 December 2038361,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
361,840 km224,837 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.