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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 2052: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 2052Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 December 2052405,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
405,832 km252,173 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2052 is on Friday, December 6, 2052 at 07:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 2052 at 04:15 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 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.