Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2049: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 18, 2049Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 December 2049395,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 2049, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
395,423 km245,704 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2049 is on Thursday, December 9, 2049 at 07:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 24, 2049 at 17:52 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 17, 204911:15
New Moon (after)Friday, December 24, 204917:52

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2049 to the new moon of December 24, 2049, a cycle of 29.51 days.