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The Moon on Friday, December 16, 2039: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 2039Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 December 2039357,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 16, 2039, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
357,208 km221,959 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2039 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 15, 2039 at 16:32 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 15, 203916:32
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 22, 203910:02

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Friday, December 16, 2039 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 2039 to the new moon of January 14, 2040, a cycle of 29.45 days.