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The Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on December 9, 2048Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 December 2048366,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 9, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
366,297 km227,606 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 5, 2048 at 15:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 5, 204815:30
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 12, 204807:29

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Wednesday, December 9, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2048 to the new moon of January 4, 2049, a cycle of 29.45 days.