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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2044: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 2044Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 December 2044400,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
400,263 km248,712 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2044 is on Sunday, December 4, 2044 at 23:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 2044 at 08:53 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 11, 204414:52
New Moon (after)Monday, December 19, 204408:53

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 2044 to the new moon of December 19, 2044, a cycle of 29.75 days.