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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 2042Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 2042381,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
381,135 km236,826 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2042 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.