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The Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2048: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 30, 2048Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 December 2048372,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 30, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
372,760 km231,622 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 4, 2049 at 02:24 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 28, 204808:31
New Moon (after)Monday, January 4, 204902:24

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Wednesday, December 30, 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.