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The Moon on Friday, December 5, 2053: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on December 5, 2053Waning Crescent

Friday 5 December 2053385,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 5, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 20.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
385,832 km239,745 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2053 is on Tuesday, November 25, 2053 at 22:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 2053 at 03:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 2, 205314:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 10, 205303:40

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Friday, December 5, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 10, 2053 to the new moon of December 10, 2053, a cycle of 29.70 days.