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The Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2042: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on December 6, 2042Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 December 2042404,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,121 km251,109 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2042 is on Thursday, November 27, 2042 at 06:06 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 4, 204209:19
New Moon (after)Friday, December 12, 204214:30

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Saturday, December 6, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 2042 to the new moon of December 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.75 days.