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The Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2056: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on December 30, 2056Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 December 2056372,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 30, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
372,837 km231,670 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 5, 2057 at 09:49 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 29, 205618:22
New Moon (after)Friday, January 5, 205709:49

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Saturday, December 30, 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.