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The Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2071: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on December 16, 2071Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 December 2071383,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 16, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
383,647 km238,387 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2071 is on Monday, December 7, 2071 at 06:57 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 13, 207122:57
New Moon (after)Monday, December 21, 207111:47

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Wednesday, December 16, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 2071 to the new moon of December 21, 2071, a cycle of 29.70 days.