Waxing · 40.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°
Moon age
6.8days
Moon phase on December 12, 2010Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, December 12, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
403,911 km250,979 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 12, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, December 5, 2010 | 17:36 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, December 13, 2010 | 13:59 |
The Moon around December 12
More about this date
Sunday, December 12, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.