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The Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2039: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on December 18, 2039Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 December 2039363,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 18, 2039, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
363,300 km225,744 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2039 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 15, 2039 at 16:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Sunday, December 18, 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.