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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 23, 1995Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 December 1995357,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
357,947 km222,418 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1995 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 22, 199502:22
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 28, 199519:07

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1995 to the new moon of January 20, 1996, a cycle of 29.44 days.