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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2040: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 2040Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 December 2040392,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
392,183 km243,691 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 2, 2041 at 19:08 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 26, 204017:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 2, 204119:08

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.