Lunar calendar

Moon Phase Calendar

December 7th, 2023: Waning Crescent

Waning Crescent

A waning crescent moon-sometimes called an "old moon"-is seen in the east before dawn. Now the moon has moved nearly entirely around in its orbit of Earth, as measured from one new moon to the next.

Because the moon is nearly on a line with the Earth and sun again, the "day side" of the moon is facing mostly away from us once more. We see only a slender fraction of the moon&s day side: a crescent moon. Each morning before dawn, because the moon is moving eastward in orbit around Earth, the moon appears closer to the sunrise glare. We see less and less of the moon&s day side, and thus the crescent in the east before dawn appears thinner each day.

The moon, as always, is rising in the east day after day. But most people won't see this moon phase unless they get up early. When the sun comes up, and the sky grows brighter, the waning crescent moon fades. Now the moon is so near the Earth/sun line that the sun's glare is drowning this slim moon from view. Still, the waning crescent is up there, nearly all day long, moving ahead of the sun across the sky's dome. It sets in the west several hours or less before sunset.

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December

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
Waning Gibbous
2
Waning Gibbous
3
Waning Gibbous
4
Last Quarter
5
Last Quarter
6
Waning Crescent
7
Waning Crescent
8
Waning Crescent
9
Waning Crescent
10
Waning Crescent
11
New Moon
12
New Moon
13
Waxing Crescent
14
Waxing Crescent
15
Waxing Crescent
16
Waxing Crescent
17
Waxing Crescent
18
Waxing Crescent
19
First Quarter
20
Waxing Gibbous
21
Waxing Gibbous
22
Waxing Gibbous
23
Waxing Gibbous
24
Waxing Gibbous
25
Waxing Gibbous
26
Full Moon
27
Full Moon
28
Waning Gibbous
29
Waning Gibbous
30
Waning Gibbous