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The Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2071: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on December 20, 2071Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 December 2071397,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 20, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
397,160 km246,784 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2071 is on Monday, December 7, 2071 at 06:57 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Sunday, December 20, 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.