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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2073: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on December 24, 2073Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 December 2073366,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 2073, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
366,300 km227,608 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2073 is on Thursday, December 14, 2073 at 13:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 2073 at 16:55 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 22, 207300:06
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 28, 207316:55

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 2073 to the new moon of December 28, 2073, a cycle of 29.49 days.