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The Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2073: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on December 31, 2073Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 December 2073382,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 31, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
382,991 km237,980 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2073 is on Saturday, January 13, 2074 at 06:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 2073 at 16:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 28, 207316:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 5, 207406:18

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Sunday, December 31, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 2073 to the new moon of January 27, 2074, a cycle of 29.57 days.