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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on December 19, 2012Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 December 2012386,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
386,773 km240,329 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 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.