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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on December 6, 2040Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 December 2040363,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
363,343 km225,771 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 2040 at 07:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 4, 204007:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 10, 204023:30

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2040 to the new moon of January 2, 2041, a cycle of 29.48 days.