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The Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2051: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on December 6, 2051Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 December 2051392,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 6, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
392,910 km244,143 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 3, 2051 at 09:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 3, 205109:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 11, 205100:07

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Wednesday, December 6, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2051 to the new moon of January 2, 2052, a cycle of 29.73 days.