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Moon phases December 2017

Full · Cold
Sun 03 Dec
15:47 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 10 Dec
07:52 UTC
New moon
Mon 18 Dec
06:31 UTC
First quarter
Tue 26 Dec
09:20 UTC

In December 2017 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Sunday, December 3 at 15:47 UTC, the Last Quarter on Sunday, December 10 at 07:52 UTC, the New Moon on Monday, December 18 at 06:31 UTC and the First Quarter on Tuesday, December 26 at 09:20 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 03Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%15:47 04 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 05 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 06 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 07 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 08 Waning Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 09 Waning Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 10Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%07:52 11 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 12 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 13 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 14 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 15 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 16 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 17 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 18New New Moon, 0% lit 0%06:31 19 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 20 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 21 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 22 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 23 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 24 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 25 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 26First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%09:20 27 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96%

Exact phase times

December 2017 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on December 3, the Last Quarter on December 10, the New Moon on December 18 and the First Quarter on December 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonSunday, December 3, 201715:47
Last QuarterSunday, December 10, 201707:52
New MoonMonday, December 18, 201706:31
First QuarterTuesday, December 26, 201709:20

Sunday, December 3, 2017: Cold Moon, 357,973 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 2017

Twelve full moons, three super

12 Jan Wolf Supermoon 11 Feb Snow penumbral eclipse 12 Mar Worm 11 Apr Pink 10 May Flower Micromoon 09 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 09 Jul Buck Micromoon 07 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 06 Sept Corn 05 Oct Harvest 04 Nov Beaver Supermoon 03 Dec Cold Supermoon