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Moon phases December 2016

First quarter
Wed 07 Dec
09:03 UTC
Full · Cold
Wed 14 Dec
00:06 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 21 Dec
01:56 UTC
New moon
Thu 29 Dec
06:53 UTC

In December 2016 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Wednesday, December 7 at 09:03 UTC, the Full Moon on Wednesday, December 14 at 00:06 UTC, the Last Quarter on Wednesday, December 21 at 01:56 UTC and the New Moon on Thursday, December 29 at 06:53 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 02 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 03 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 04 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 05 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 06 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 07First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%09:03 08 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 14Full Full Moon, 99% lit 99%00:06 15 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 16 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 17 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 18 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 19 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 20 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 21Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%01:56 22 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 23 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 24 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 25 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 26 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 27 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 28 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 29New New Moon, 0% lit 0%06:53 30 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 31 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5%

Exact phase times

December 2016 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 7, the Full Moon on December 14, the Last Quarter on December 21 and the New Moon on December 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterWednesday, December 7, 201609:03
Full MoonWednesday, December 14, 201600:06
Last QuarterWednesday, December 21, 201601:56
New MoonThursday, December 29, 201606:53

Wednesday, December 14, 2016: Cold Moon, 359,440 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 2016

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf 22 Feb Snow 23 Mar Worm penumbral eclipse 22 Apr Pink Micromoon 21 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry 19 Jul Buck 18 Aug Sturgeon 16 Sept Harvest penumbral eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 14 Nov Beaver Supermoon 14 Dec Cold Supermoon