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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2071: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on December 26, 2071Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 December 2071405,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
405,245 km251,808 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2071 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.