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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2071: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on December 24, 2071Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 December 2071405,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
405,421 km251,917 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2071 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 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.