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The Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on December 9, 2040Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 December 2040368,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 9, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
368,487 km228,967 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 2040 at 07:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Sunday, December 9, 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.