Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2039: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 21, 2039Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 December 2039380,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 21, 2039, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
380,377 km236,355 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2039 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 15, 2039 at 16:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Wednesday, December 21, 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.