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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on December 25, 2014Waxing Crescent

Thursday 25 December 2014365,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
365,178 km226,911 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2014 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 22, 201401:36
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 28, 201418:32

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 2014 to the new moon of January 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.48 days.