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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on December 10, 1999Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 December 1999405,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
405,209 km251,785 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1999 is on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 17:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 7, 1999 at 22:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 7, 199922:32
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 16, 199900:50

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 1999 to the new moon of January 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.82 days.