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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2039: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on December 17, 2039Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 December 2039359,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 2039, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
359,414 km223,330 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2039 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 15, 2039 at 16:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 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.