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The Moon on Friday, December 8, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 8, 2056Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 December 2056361,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 8, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
361,557 km224,661 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Friday, December 8, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2056 to the new moon of January 5, 2057, a cycle of 29.47 days.