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The Moon on Friday, December 15, 2017: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on December 15, 2017Waning Crescent

Friday 15 December 2017402,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 15, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
402,573 km250,147 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Friday, December 15, 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.