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The Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on December 11, 1991Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 December 1991404,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 11, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
404,768 km251,511 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1991 is on Saturday, December 21, 1991 at 10:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 6, 1991 at 03:57 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 6, 199103:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 14, 199109:32

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Wednesday, December 11, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1991 to the new moon of January 4, 1992, a cycle of 29.80 days.