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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1995: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 17, 1995Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 December 1995376,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.1% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
376,611 km234,015 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1995 is on Thursday, December 7, 1995 at 01:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 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.