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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 2018Waxing Crescent

Friday 14 December 2018402,797 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
402,797 km250,287 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 07:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.