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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 2018Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 December 2018405,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
405,165 km251,758 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 07:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 7, 201807:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 15, 201811:50

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 2018 to the new moon of January 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.76 days.