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Moon phases December 2005

New moon
Thu 01 Dec
15:01 UTC
First quarter
Thu 08 Dec
09:36 UTC
Full · Cold
Thu 15 Dec
16:16 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 23 Dec
19:36 UTC
New moon
Sat 31 Dec
03:12 UTC

In December 2005 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Thursday, December 1 at 15:01 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, December 8 at 09:36 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, December 15 at 16:16 UTC, the Last Quarter on Friday, December 23 at 19:36 UTC and the New Moon on Saturday, December 31 at 03:12 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01New New Moon, 0% lit 0%15:01 02 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 03 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 04 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 05 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 06 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 07 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 08First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%09:36 09 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 15Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%16:16 16 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 17 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 19 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 20 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 21 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 22 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 23Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%19:36 24 Waning Crescent, 44% lit 44% 25 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 26 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 27 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 28 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 29 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 30 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 31New New Moon, 0% lit 0%03:12

Exact phase times

December 2005 has five primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 1, the First Quarter on December 8, the Full Moon on December 15, the Last Quarter on December 23 and the New Moon on December 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonThursday, December 1, 200515:01
First QuarterThursday, December 8, 200509:36
Full MoonThursday, December 15, 200516:16
Last QuarterFriday, December 23, 200519:36
New MoonSaturday, December 31, 200503:12

Thursday, December 15, 2005: Cold Moon, 392,783 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2005

Twelve full moons, one blue

25 Jan Wolf Micromoon 24 Feb Snow 25 Mar Worm 24 Apr Pink penumbral eclipse 23 May Flower 22 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 21 Jul Buck Supermoon 19 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 18 Sept Harvest Supermoon 17 Oct Hunter’s partial eclipse 16 Nov Beaver 15 Dec Cold