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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2079: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on December 17, 2079Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 December 2079393,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
393,059 km244,235 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2079 is on Friday, December 8, 2079 at 15:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 23, 2079 at 06:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 15, 207906:43
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 23, 207906:31

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2079 to the new moon of December 23, 2079, a cycle of 29.79 days.