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The Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2052: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 2052Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 December 2052404,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 17, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
404,321 km251,234 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2052 is on Friday, December 6, 2052 at 07:18 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 2052 at 04:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Tuesday, December 17, 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.