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The Moon on Monday, December 10, 2012: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on December 10, 2012Waning Crescent

Monday 10 December 2012362,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
362,734 km225,392 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Monday, December 10, 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.