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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 2014: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on December 15, 2014Waning Crescent

Monday 15 December 2014400,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
400,417 km248,807 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 14, 201412:51
New Moon (after)Monday, December 22, 201401:36

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 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.