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The Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 2012Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 December 2012380,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 18, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
380,630 km236,512 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 13, 201208:42
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 20, 201205:19

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2012 to the new moon of January 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.46 days.