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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 2046Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 December 2046395,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
395,196 km245,563 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2046 is on Saturday, January 12, 2047 at 01:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 27, 2046 at 10:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 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.