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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2046: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on December 23, 2046Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 December 2046368,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
368,638 km229,061 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2046 is on Thursday, December 13, 2046 at 09:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 27, 2046 at 10:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 20, 204614:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 27, 204610:39

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2046 to the new moon of December 27, 2046, a cycle of 29.53 days.