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The Moon on Sunday, December 18, 2044: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 2044Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 December 2044402,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 18, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
402,588 km250,156 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2044 is on Sunday, December 4, 2044 at 23:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 2044 at 08:53 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Sunday, December 18, 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.