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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 2011Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 December 2011384,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
384,665 km239,020 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 18:06 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 10, 201114:37
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 18, 201100:48

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2011 to the new moon of December 24, 2011, a cycle of 29.50 days.