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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 1995Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 December 1995360,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
360,936 km224,275 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1995 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 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.