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The Moon on Friday, December 9, 2050: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 9, 2050Waning Crescent

Friday 9 December 2050400,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 9, 2050, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
400,891 km249,102 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2050 is on Monday, November 28, 2050 at 15:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 2050 at 05:18 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 6, 205006:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 14, 205005:18

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Friday, December 9, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 2050 to the new moon of December 14, 2050, a cycle of 29.65 days.