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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on December 9, 2010Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 December 2010395,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
395,536 km245,775 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 5, 201017:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 13, 201013:59

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2010 to the new moon of January 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.64 days.