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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 2007: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

First Quarter at

10:18UTC

Moon phase on December 17, 2007First Quarter

Monday 17 December 2007375,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 2007, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
375,429 km233,281 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 9, 200717:41
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 17, 200710:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 24, 200701:16

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 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.