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The Moon on Monday, December 26, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on December 26, 2011Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 December 2011376,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 26, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
376,975 km234,241 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2011 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 18:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 24, 201118:06
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 1, 201206:15

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Monday, December 26, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2011 to the new moon of January 23, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.