Waning · 7.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°
Moon age
27.0days
Moon phase on December 31, 2078Waning Crescent
On Saturday, December 31, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
404,736 km251,491 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 2078 is on Sunday, December 18, 2078 at 23:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 2079 at 06:50 UTC, 3 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Monday, December 26, 2078 | 01:16 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, January 3, 2079 | 06:50 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Saturday, December 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2078, or the whole moon calendar 2078.
- The same date one year apart: 2077 · 2079.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.