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The Moon on Monday, December 14, 2009: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on December 14, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 14 December 2009393,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 14, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
393,274 km244,369 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2009 is on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 07:31 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:02 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Monday, December 14, 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.