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The Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on December 11, 1999Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 December 1999403,409 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 11, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
403,409 km250,666 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1999 is on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 17:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 7, 1999 at 22:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Saturday, December 11, 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.