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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2055: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on December 15, 2055Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 December 2055365,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
365,599 km227,173 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2055 is on Saturday, December 4, 2055 at 05:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 11, 205515:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 18, 205508:15

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2055 to the new moon of December 18, 2055, a cycle of 29.49 days.