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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2087: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 17, 2087Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 2087395,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 2087, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
395,649 km245,845 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2087 is on Tuesday, December 9, 2087 at 22:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 25, 2087 at 01:43 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 16, 208720:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 25, 208701:43

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2087 to the new moon of December 25, 2087, a cycle of 29.80 days.