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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 15, 2050Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 December 2050377,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
377,941 km234,841 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2050 is on Wednesday, December 28, 2050 at 05:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 2050 at 05:18 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2050 to the new moon of January 12, 2051, a cycle of 29.57 days.