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The Moon on Monday, December 19, 2011: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 19, 2011Waning Crescent

Monday 19 December 2011368,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 19, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
368,500 km228,975 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 18:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 18, 201100:48
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 24, 201118:06

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Monday, December 19, 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.