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The Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on December 12, 2056Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 December 2056384,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 12, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
384,427 km238,872 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Tuesday, December 12, 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.