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The Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2085: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 18, 2085Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 December 2085369,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 18, 2085, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
369,831 km229,802 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2085 is on Sunday, December 30, 2085 at 23:59 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 16, 2085 at 22:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 16, 208522:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 23, 208517:42

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Tuesday, December 18, 2085 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2085 to the new moon of January 15, 2086, a cycle of 29.53 days.