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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 2074: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on December 21, 2074Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 December 2074369,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 2074, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
369,027 km229,302 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2074 is on Wednesday, January 2, 2075 at 09:39 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 18, 2074 at 07:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 18, 207407:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 25, 207405:07

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2074 to the new moon of January 16, 2075, a cycle of 29.47 days.