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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 2071: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on December 18, 2071Waning Crescent

Friday 18 December 2071390,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
390,825 km242,847 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2071 is on Monday, December 7, 2071 at 06:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 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.