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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 2040: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 2040Waning Crescent

Friday 28 December 2040386,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
386,432 km240,118 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 2, 2041 at 19:08 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 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.