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The Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2074: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on December 16, 2074Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 December 2074358,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 16, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
358,902 km223,011 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2074 is on Monday, December 3, 2074 at 14:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 18, 2074 at 07:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 11, 207415:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 18, 207407:20

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Sunday, December 16, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2074 to the new moon of December 18, 2074, a cycle of 29.43 days.