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The Moon on Thursday, December 10, 2009: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on December 10, 2009Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 December 2009379,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 10, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
379,167 km235,603 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2009 is on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 07:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 9, 200900:14
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 16, 200912:02

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Thursday, December 10, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 2009 to the new moon of December 16, 2009, a cycle of 29.70 days.