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The Moon on Monday, December 5, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on December 5, 1994Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 December 1994365,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 5, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
365,520 km227,124 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1994 is on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 02:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 2, 1994 at 23:54 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 2, 199423:54
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 9, 199421:06

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Monday, December 5, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1994 to the new moon of January 1, 1995, a cycle of 29.46 days.