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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 2096: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on December 21, 2096Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 December 2096385,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
385,600 km239,601 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2096 is on Saturday, December 29, 2096 at 08:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2096 at 20:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 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.