Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°
First Quarter at
09:36UTC
Moon phase on December 8, 2005First Quarter
On Thursday, December 8, 2005, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
371,473 km230,822 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 8, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 15:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, December 1, 2005 | 15:01 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, December 8, 2005 | 09:36 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 16:16 |
The Moon around December 8
More about this date
Thursday, December 8, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2005 to the new moon of December 31, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.