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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2079: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on December 24, 2079Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 December 2079406,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
406,575 km252,634 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2079 is on Sunday, January 7, 2080 at 01:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 23, 2079 at 06:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 23, 207906:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 31, 207908:29

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2079 to the new moon of January 22, 2080, a cycle of 29.81 days.