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The Moon on Monday, December 14, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on December 14, 2015Waxing Crescent

Monday 14 December 2015380,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 14, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
380,485 km236,422 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2015 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 11, 201510:30
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 18, 201515:14

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Monday, December 14, 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.