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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on December 10, 2010Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 December 2010399,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
399,296 km248,111 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 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.