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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 2007Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 December 2007395,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
395,653 km245,847 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 9, 200717:41
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 17, 200710:18

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2007 to the new moon of January 8, 2008, a cycle of 29.75 days.