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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2014: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on December 17, 2014Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 2014391,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
391,970 km243,559 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.