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The Moon on Friday, December 29, 2051: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 2051Waning Crescent

Friday 29 December 2051403,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 29, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
403,202 km250,538 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 2, 2052 at 03:05 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 24, 205123:21
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 2, 205203:05

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Friday, December 29, 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.