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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2081: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 2081Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 December 2081390,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
390,117 km242,408 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2081 is on Wednesday, January 14, 2082 at 18:11 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 30, 2081 at 04:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 30, 208104:28
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 7, 208204:46

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 2081 to the new moon of January 28, 2082, a cycle of 29.68 days.