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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 2055: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on December 17, 2055Waning Crescent

Friday 17 December 2055368,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
368,211 km228,796 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2055 is on Saturday, December 4, 2055 at 05:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.