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The Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 11, 2010Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 December 2010402,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 11, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
402,167 km249,895 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Saturday, December 11, 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.