Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 2078: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on December 28, 2078Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 December 2078404,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 28, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
404,287 km251,212 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2078 is on Sunday, December 18, 2078 at 23:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 2079 at 06:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 26, 207801:16
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 3, 207906:50

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Wednesday, December 28, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2078 to the new moon of January 3, 2079, a cycle of 29.78 days.