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Moon phases December 2015

Last quarter
Thu 03 Dec
07:41 UTC
New moon
Fri 11 Dec
10:30 UTC
First quarter
Fri 18 Dec
15:14 UTC
Full · Cold
Fri 25 Dec
11:12 UTC

In December 2015 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, December 3 at 07:41 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, December 11 at 10:30 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, December 18 at 15:14 UTC and the Full Moon on Friday, December 25 at 11:12 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 02 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 03Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%07:41 04 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 05 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 06 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 07 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 08 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 09 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 10 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 11New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:30 12 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 13 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 14 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 15 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 16 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 17 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37% 18First Q First Quarter, 49% lit 49%15:14 19 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 25Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%11:12 26 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 27 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 28 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 29 Waning Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 30 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 31 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66%

Exact phase times

December 2015 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on December 3, the New Moon on December 11, the First Quarter on December 18 and the Full Moon on December 25.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, December 3, 201507:41
New MoonFriday, December 11, 201510:30
First QuarterFriday, December 18, 201515:14
Full MoonFriday, December 25, 201511:12

Friday, December 25, 2015: Cold Moon, 376,258 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2015

Thirteen full moons, one blue

05 Jan Wolf 03 Feb Snow Micromoon 05 Mar Worm Micromoon 04 Apr Pink total eclipse 04 May Flower 02 Jun Straw­berry 02 Jul Buck 31 Jul Blue Blue moon 29 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 28 Sept Harvest total eclipse 27 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 25 Nov Beaver Supermoon 25 Dec Cold