Waxing · 27.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°
Moon age
5.1days
Moon phase on December 16, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
375,205 km233,141 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 16, 2015 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, December 11, 2015 | 10:30 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, December 18, 2015 | 15:14 |
The Moon around December 16
More about this date
Wednesday, December 16, 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.