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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2043: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 24, 2043Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 December 2043397,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 2043, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
397,514 km247,004 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2043 is on Wednesday, December 16, 2043 at 08:02 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 31, 2043 at 09:48 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 23, 204305:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 31, 204309:48

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2043 to the new moon of December 31, 2043, a cycle of 29.80 days.