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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 2014: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on December 19, 2014Waning Crescent

Friday 19 December 2014381,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
381,246 km236,895 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 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.