Waning · 14.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°
Moon age
26.0days
Moon phase on December 18, 2014Waning Crescent
On Thursday, December 18, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
386,702 km240,285 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 18, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 4 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, December 14, 2014 | 12:51 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, December 22, 2014 | 01:36 |
The Moon around December 18
More about this date
Thursday, December 18, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2014, or the whole moon calendar 2014.
- The same date one year apart: 2013 · 2015.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.