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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 15, 2072Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 December 2072402,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
402,361 km250,015 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2072 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 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.