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The Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2015: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 5, 2015Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 December 2015404,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 5, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
404,779 km251,518 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2015 is on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 22:44 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 3, 201507:41
New Moon (after)Friday, December 11, 201510:30

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Saturday, December 5, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 2015 to the new moon of December 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.70 days.