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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 2042Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 December 2042377,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
377,716 km234,702 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2042 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.