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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 2055: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on December 20, 2055Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 December 2055380,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
380,569 km236,474 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2055 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 18, 205508:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 25, 205522:29

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2055 to the new moon of January 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.58 days.