Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, December 19, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on December 19, 2042Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 December 2042374,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
374,360 km232,616 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2042 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 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.