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The Moon on Monday, December 30, 2013: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 30, 2013Waning Crescent

Monday 30 December 2013362,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 30, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
362,347 km225,152 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 25, 201313:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 1, 201411:14

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Monday, December 30, 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.