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The Moon on Friday, December 7, 2012: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on December 7, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 7 December 2012379,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 7, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
379,157 km235,597 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 6, 201215:32
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 13, 201208:42

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Friday, December 7, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 2012 to the new moon of December 13, 2012, a cycle of 29.44 days.