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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2011: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on December 22, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 December 2011364,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
364,880 km226,726 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 18:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 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.