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The Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2071: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on December 27, 2071Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 December 2071403,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 27, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
403,562 km250,762 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2071 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Sunday, December 27, 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.