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The Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2052: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 22, 2052Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 December 2052404,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 22, 2052, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
404,640 km251,432 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2052 is on Saturday, January 4, 2053 at 17:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 2052 at 04:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 21, 205204:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 29, 205202:28

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Sunday, December 22, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2052 to the new moon of January 19, 2053, a cycle of 29.79 days.