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The Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2047: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 22, 2047Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 December 2047388,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 22, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
388,138 km241,178 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2047 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 2047 at 23:38 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 16, 204723:38
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 24, 204701:51

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Sunday, December 22, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2047 to the new moon of January 15, 2048, a cycle of 29.50 days.