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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2049: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on December 23, 2049Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 December 2049367,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 2049, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
367,644 km228,443 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2049 is on Thursday, December 9, 2049 at 07:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 24, 2049 at 17:52 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.