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The Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 2007Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 December 2007379,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 16, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
379,975 km236,106 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Sunday, December 16, 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.