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The Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2007: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on December 5, 2007Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 December 2007405,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 5, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
405,563 km252,005 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2007 is on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 14:30 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 1, 200712:44
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 9, 200717:41

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 2007 to the new moon of December 9, 2007, a cycle of 29.78 days.