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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2014: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Last Quarter at

12:51UTC

Moon phase on December 14, 2014Last Quarter

Sunday 14 December 2014403,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 2014, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
403,036 km250,435 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 6, 201412:27
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 14, 201412:51
New Moon (after)Monday, December 22, 201401:36

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.