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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2051: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on December 9, 2051Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 December 2051381,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
381,491 km237,047 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 3, 2051 at 09:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 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.