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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on December 15, 1999Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 December 1999387,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
387,851 km240,999 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1999 is on Wednesday, December 22, 1999 at 17:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 7, 1999 at 22:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 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.