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The Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2096: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on December 16, 2096Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 December 2096403,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 16, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
403,051 km250,444 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2096 is on Saturday, December 29, 2096 at 08:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2096 at 20:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 14, 209620:06
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 22, 209616:36

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Sunday, December 16, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2096 to the new moon of January 13, 2097, a cycle of 29.79 days.