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The Moon on Sunday, December 30, 2040: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 2040Waning Crescent

Sunday 30 December 2040373,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 30, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
373,972 km232,375 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 2, 2041 at 19:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Sunday, December 30, 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.