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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2068: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on December 20, 2068Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 December 2068399,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 2068, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
399,551 km248,269 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2068 is on Saturday, December 8, 2068 at 23:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 2068 at 13:44 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 16, 206814:11
New Moon (after)Monday, December 24, 206813:44

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 24, 2068 to the new moon of December 24, 2068, a cycle of 29.67 days.