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Moon phases December 2018

New moon
Fri 07 Dec
07:21 UTC
First quarter
Sat 15 Dec
11:50 UTC
Full · Cold
Sat 22 Dec
17:49 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 29 Dec
09:34 UTC

In December 2018 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Friday, December 7 at 07:21 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, December 15 at 11:50 UTC, the Full Moon on Saturday, December 22 at 17:49 UTC and the Last Quarter on Saturday, December 29 at 09:34 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 02 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 03 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 04 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 05 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 06 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 07New New Moon, 0% lit 0%07:21 08 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 09 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 10 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 11 Waxing Crescent, 16% lit 16% 12 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 13 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 14 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 15First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%11:50 16 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%17:49 23 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 24 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 25 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 26 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 27 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 28 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 29Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%09:34 30 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 31 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28%

Exact phase times

December 2018 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 7, the First Quarter on December 15, the Full Moon on December 22 and the Last Quarter on December 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonFriday, December 7, 201807:21
First QuarterSaturday, December 15, 201811:50
Full MoonSaturday, December 22, 201817:49
Last QuarterSaturday, December 29, 201809:34

Saturday, December 22, 2018: Cold Moon, 363,358 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Full moons · 2018

Thirteen full moons, two blue

02 Jan Wolf Supermoon 31 Jan Blue total eclipse 02 Mar Worm 31 Mar Blue Blue moon 30 Apr Pink 29 May Flower 28 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 27 Jul Buck total eclipse 26 Aug Sturgeon Micromoon 25 Sept Harvest 24 Oct Hunter’s 23 Nov Beaver 22 Dec Cold Supermoon