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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1995: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 1995Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 December 1995382,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
382,946 km237,951 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1995 is on Thursday, December 7, 1995 at 01:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 15, 199505:31
New Moon (after)Friday, December 22, 199502:22

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1995 to the new moon of December 22, 1995, a cycle of 29.44 days.