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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2071: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on December 23, 2071Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 December 2071404,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
404,194 km251,155 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2071 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 21, 207111:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 29, 207117:16

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2071 to the new moon of January 20, 2072, a cycle of 29.78 days.