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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on December 28, 2046Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 December 2046381,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
381,217 km236,877 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2046 is on Saturday, January 12, 2047 at 01:21 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 27, 2046 at 10:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 27, 204610:39
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 4, 204705:31

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2046 to the new moon of January 26, 2047, a cycle of 29.63 days.