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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on December 14, 2072Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 December 2072399,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
399,665 km248,340 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2072 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 9, 207216:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 17, 207213:50

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2072 to the new moon of January 8, 2073, a cycle of 29.63 days.