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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2079: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on December 20, 2079Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 2079402,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
402,968 km250,393 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2079 is on Friday, December 8, 2079 at 15:16 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 23, 2079 at 06:31 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.