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The Moon on Monday, December 24, 2046: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on December 24, 2046Waning Crescent

Monday 24 December 2046369,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 24, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
369,307 km229,477 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2046 is on Thursday, December 13, 2046 at 09:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 27, 2046 at 10:39 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Monday, December 24, 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.