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The Moon on Monday, December 16, 2052: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on December 16, 2052Waning Crescent

Monday 16 December 2052401,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 16, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
401,937 km249,752 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2052 is on Friday, December 6, 2052 at 07:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 2052 at 04:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 13, 205201:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 21, 205204:15

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Monday, December 16, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 2052 to the new moon of December 21, 2052, a cycle of 29.80 days.