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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on December 16, 2042Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 2042384,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
384,544 km238,945 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2042 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 12, 204214:30
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 20, 204200:27

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2042 to the new moon of January 11, 2043, a cycle of 29.68 days.