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Moon phases December 2008

First quarter
Fri 05 Dec
21:26 UTC
Full · Cold
Fri 12 Dec
16:37 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 19 Dec
10:29 UTC
New moon
Sat 27 Dec
12:23 UTC

In December 2008 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Friday, December 5 at 21:26 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, December 12 at 16:37 UTC, the Last Quarter on Friday, December 19 at 10:29 UTC and the New Moon on Saturday, December 27 at 12:23 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 02 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 03 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 04 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 05First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%21:26 06 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 12Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%16:37 13 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 14 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 15 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 16 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 17 Waning Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 18 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 19Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%10:29 20 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 21 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 22 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 23 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 24 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 25 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 26 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 27New New Moon, 0% lit 0%12:23 28 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 29 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 30 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 31 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14%

Exact phase times

December 2008 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 5, the Full Moon on December 12, the Last Quarter on December 19 and the New Moon on December 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterFriday, December 5, 200821:26
Full MoonFriday, December 12, 200816:37
Last QuarterFriday, December 19, 200810:29
New MoonSaturday, December 27, 200812:23

Friday, December 12, 2008: Cold Moon, 356,603 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 2008

Twelve full moons, one blue

22 Jan Wolf 21 Feb Snow total eclipse 21 Mar Worm 20 Apr Pink Micromoon 20 May Flower Blue moon 18 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 18 Jul Buck 16 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 15 Sept Harvest 14 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 13 Nov Beaver Supermoon 12 Dec Cold Supermoon