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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2043: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 26, 2043Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 December 2043403,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 2043, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
403,988 km251,026 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2043 is on Wednesday, December 16, 2043 at 08:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 31, 2043 at 09:48 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.