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The Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2088: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on December 16, 2088Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 December 2088405,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 16, 2088, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
405,789 km252,145 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2088 is on Tuesday, December 28, 2088 at 00:57 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 2088 at 00:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 13, 208800:52
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 21, 208804:52

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Thursday, December 16, 2088 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2088 to the new moon of January 11, 2089, a cycle of 29.81 days.