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The Moon on Friday, December 16, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 2072Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 December 2072403,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 16, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
403,923 km250,986 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2072 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Friday, December 16, 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.