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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 2085: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 21, 2085Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 December 2085367,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 2085, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
367,906 km228,606 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2085 is on Sunday, December 30, 2085 at 23:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 16, 2085 at 22:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 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.