Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°
New Moon at
10:30UTC
Moon phase on December 11, 2015New Moon
On Friday, December 11, 2015, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .
0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
390,428 km242,601 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 11, 2015 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, the same day.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Thursday, December 3, 2015 | 07:41 |
| New Moon (this day) | Friday, December 11, 2015 | 10:30 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, December 18, 2015 | 15:14 |
The Moon around December 11
More about this date
Friday, December 11, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2015 to the new moon of January 10, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.