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Moon phases December 2009

Full · Cold
Wed 02 Dec
07:31 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 09 Dec
00:14 UTC
New moon
Wed 16 Dec
12:02 UTC
First quarter
Thu 24 Dec
17:36 UTC
Full · Blue
Thu 31 Dec
19:13 UTC

In December 2009 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Wednesday, December 2 at 07:31 UTC, the Last Quarter on Wednesday, December 9 at 00:14 UTC, the New Moon on Wednesday, December 16 at 12:02 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, December 24 at 17:36 UTC and the Full Moon on Thursday, December 31 at 19:13 UTC. The full moons are the Cold Moon and the Blue Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 02Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%07:31 03 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 04 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 05 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 06 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 07 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 08 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 09Last Q Last Quarter, 45% lit 45%00:14 10 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 11 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 12 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 13 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 14 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 15 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 16New New Moon, 0% lit 0%12:02 17 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 18 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 19 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 20 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 21 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 22 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 23 Waxing Crescent, 38% lit 38% 24First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%17:36 25 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 26 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 31Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%19:13

Exact phase times

December 2009 has five primary moon phases: the Full Moon on December 2, the Last Quarter on December 9, the New Moon on December 16, the First Quarter on December 24 and the Full Moon on December 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonWednesday, December 2, 200907:31
Last QuarterWednesday, December 9, 200900:14
New MoonWednesday, December 16, 200912:02
First QuarterThursday, December 24, 200917:36
Full MoonThursday, December 31, 200919:13

Wednesday, December 2, 2009: Cold Moon, 367,231 km from Earth. Supermoon

Thursday, December 31, 2009: Blue Moon, 359,712 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearBlue Moon (monthly)Partial lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2009

Thirteen full moons, one blue

11 Jan Wolf Supermoon 09 Feb Snow penumbral eclipse 11 Mar Worm 09 Apr Pink 09 May Flower 07 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 07 Jul Buck penumbral eclipse 06 Aug Sturgeon penumbral eclipse 04 Sept Corn 04 Oct Harvest 02 Nov Beaver 02 Dec Cold Supermoon 31 Dec Blue partial eclipse