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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on December 12, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 December 2014404,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
404,438 km251,306 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 6, 201412:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 14, 201412:51

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 2014 to the new moon of December 22, 2014, a cycle of 29.54 days.