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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2014: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on December 20, 2014Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 December 2014376,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
376,037 km233,659 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.