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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 2038: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 31, 2038Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 December 2038391,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
391,794 km243,449 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2038 is on Monday, January 10, 2039 at 11:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 26, 2038 at 01:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 26, 203801:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 2, 203907:37

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 2038 to the new moon of January 24, 2039, a cycle of 29.52 days.