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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 2081: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 26, 2081Waning Crescent

Friday 26 December 2081374,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
374,026 km232,409 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 30, 2081 at 04:28 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 23, 208103:55
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 30, 208104:28

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 2081 to the new moon of December 30, 2081, a cycle of 29.58 days.