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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2010: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 29, 2010Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 December 2010373,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
373,219 km231,907 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 28, 201004:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 4, 201109:03

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 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.