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The Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 2017: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on December 12, 2017Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 December 2017392,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
392,527 km243,905 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2017 is on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 15:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 10, 201707:52
New Moon (after)Monday, December 18, 201706:31

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2017 to the new moon of December 18, 2017, a cycle of 29.78 days.