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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1991Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 December 1991402,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
402,683 km250,216 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1991 is on Saturday, December 21, 1991 at 10:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 6, 1991 at 03:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 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.