Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°
Moon age
3.5days
Moon phase on December 6, 2013Waxing Crescent
On Friday, December 6, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
363,481 km225,857 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 6, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 00:22 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, December 3, 2013 | 00:22 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, December 9, 2013 | 15:12 |
The Moon around December 6
More about this date
Friday, December 6, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2013 to the new moon of January 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2013, or the whole moon calendar 2013.
- The same date one year apart: 2012 · 2014.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.