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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 2010: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on December 31, 2010Waning Crescent

Friday 31 December 2010377,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
377,953 km234,849 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 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.