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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2071: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on December 17, 2071Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 December 2071387,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
387,331 km240,676 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2071 is on Monday, December 7, 2071 at 06:57 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 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.