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The Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 2040Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 December 2040365,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 8, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
365,753 km227,269 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 2040 at 07:33 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Saturday, December 8, 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.