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The Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on December 9, 2056Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 December 2056366,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 9, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
366,165 km227,524 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Saturday, December 9, 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.