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Moon phases December 2012

Last quarter
Thu 06 Dec
15:32 UTC
New moon
Thu 13 Dec
08:42 UTC
First quarter
Thu 20 Dec
05:19 UTC
Full · Cold
Fri 28 Dec
10:21 UTC

In December 2012 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, December 6 at 15:32 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, December 13 at 08:42 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, December 20 at 05:19 UTC and the Full Moon on Friday, December 28 at 10:21 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 02 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 03 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 04 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 05 Waning Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 06Last Q Last Quarter, 52% lit 52%15:32 07 Waning Crescent, 41% lit 41% 08 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 09 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 10 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 11 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 12 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 13New New Moon, 0% lit 0%08:42 14 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 15 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 16 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 17 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 18 Waxing Crescent, 33% lit 33% 19 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 20First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:19 21 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 26 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 28Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%10:21 29 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 30 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 31 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91%

Exact phase times

December 2012 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on December 6, the New Moon on December 13, the First Quarter on December 20 and the Full Moon on December 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, December 6, 201215:32
New MoonThursday, December 13, 201208:42
First QuarterThursday, December 20, 201205:19
Full MoonFriday, December 28, 201210:21

Friday, December 28, 2012: Cold Moon, 403,864 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 2012

Thirteen full moons, one blue

09 Jan Wolf 07 Feb Snow 08 Mar Worm Supermoon 06 Apr Pink Supermoon 06 May Flower Supermoon 04 Jun Straw­berry partial eclipse 03 Jul Buck Supermoon 02 Aug Sturgeon 31 Aug Blue Blue moon 30 Sept Harvest 29 Oct Hunter’s Micromoon 28 Nov Beaver penumbral eclipse 28 Dec Cold Micromoon