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The Moon on Monday, December 7, 2015: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on December 7, 2015Waning Crescent

Monday 7 December 2015402,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 7, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
402,820 km250,301 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2015 is on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 22:44 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Monday, December 7, 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.