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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 2014Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 December 2014366,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
366,644 km227,822 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2014 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.