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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2055: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on December 23, 2055Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 December 2055395,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
395,879 km245,988 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2055 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.