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Moon phases December 2010

New moon
Sun 05 Dec
17:36 UTC
First quarter
Mon 13 Dec
13:59 UTC
Full · Cold
Tue 21 Dec
08:14 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 28 Dec
04:19 UTC

In December 2010 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Sunday, December 5 at 17:36 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, December 13 at 13:59 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, December 21 at 08:14 UTC and the Last Quarter on Tuesday, December 28 at 04:19 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 02 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 03 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 04 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 05New New Moon, 0% lit 0%17:36 06 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 07 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 08 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 09 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 10 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 11 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 12 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 13First Q First Quarter, 49% lit 49%13:59 14 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 21Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%08:14 22 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 23 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 24 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 25 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 26 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 27 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 28Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%04:19 29 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 30 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 31 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16%

Exact phase times

December 2010 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 5, the First Quarter on December 13, the Full Moon on December 21 and the Last Quarter on December 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSunday, December 5, 201017:36
First QuarterMonday, December 13, 201013:59
Full MoonTuesday, December 21, 201008:14
Last QuarterTuesday, December 28, 201004:19

Tuesday, December 21, 2010: Cold Moon, 376,516 km from Earth. Total lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2010

Twelve full moons, one blue

30 Jan Wolf Supermoon 28 Feb Snow Supermoon 30 Mar Worm Supermoon 28 Apr Pink 27 May Flower 26 Jun Straw­berry partial eclipse 26 Jul Buck Micromoon 24 Aug Sturgeon Micromoon 23 Sept Harvest Micromoon 23 Oct Hunter’s 21 Nov Beaver Blue moon 21 Dec Cold total eclipse