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The Moon on Monday, December 8, 2042: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on December 8, 2042Waning Crescent

Monday 8 December 2042405,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 8, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
405,307 km251,846 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2042 is on Thursday, November 27, 2042 at 06:06 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Monday, December 8, 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.