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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2061: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on December 17, 2061Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 December 2061396,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 2061, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 25.9% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
396,896 km246,619 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2061 is on Monday, December 26, 2061 at 16:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 11, 2061 at 22:33 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 11, 206122:33
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 19, 206123:58

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2061 to the new moon of January 10, 2062, a cycle of 29.81 days.