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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 2008: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 22, 2008Waning Crescent

Monday 22 December 2008399,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
399,922 km248,500 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:23 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 19, 200810:29
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 27, 200812:23

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2008 to the new moon of December 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.81 days.