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The Moon on Friday, December 23, 2044: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 2044Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 December 2044405,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
405,184 km251,770 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2044 is on Tuesday, January 3, 2045 at 10:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 19, 2044 at 08:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 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.