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The Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2078: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on December 29, 2078Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 December 2078405,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 29, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,470 km251,947 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2078 is on Sunday, December 18, 2078 at 23:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 2079 at 06:50 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Thursday, December 29, 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.