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Moon phases December 2021

New moon
Sat 04 Dec
07:43 UTC
First quarter
Sat 11 Dec
01:36 UTC
Full · Cold
Sun 19 Dec
04:36 UTC
Last quarter
Mon 27 Dec
02:24 UTC

In December 2021 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Saturday, December 4 at 07:43 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, December 11 at 01:36 UTC, the Full Moon on Sunday, December 19 at 04:36 UTC and the Last Quarter on Monday, December 27 at 02:24 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 02 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 03 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04New New Moon, 0% lit 0%07:43 05 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 06 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 07 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 08 Waxing Crescent, 24% lit 24% 09 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 10 Waxing Crescent, 44% lit 44% 11First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%01:36 12 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 19Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%04:36 20 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 21 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 22 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 23 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 24 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 25 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 26 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 27Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%02:24 28 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 29 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 30 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 31 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8%

Exact phase times

December 2021 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 4, the First Quarter on December 11, the Full Moon on December 19 and the Last Quarter on December 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSaturday, December 4, 202107:43
First QuarterSaturday, December 11, 202101:36
Full MoonSunday, December 19, 202104:36
Last QuarterMonday, December 27, 202102:24

Sunday, December 19, 2021: Cold Moon, 405,924 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 2021

Twelve full moons, one blue

28 Jan Wolf 27 Feb Snow 28 Mar Worm Supermoon 27 Apr Pink Supermoon 26 May Flower total eclipse 24 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 24 Jul Buck 22 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 20 Sept Harvest 20 Oct Hunter’s 19 Nov Beaver partial eclipse 19 Dec Cold Micromoon