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The Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on December 15, 2020Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 December 2020367,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
367,264 km228,207 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 14, 202016:17
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 21, 202023:41

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 days.