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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2044: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on December 22, 2044Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 December 2044406,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
406,169 km252,382 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2044 is on Tuesday, January 3, 2045 at 10:20 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 2044 at 08:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 19, 204408:53
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 27, 204414:00

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 2044 to the new moon of January 18, 2045, a cycle of 29.81 days.