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The Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on December 7, 2021Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 7 December 2021365,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
365,506 km227,115 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 07:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 4, 202107:43
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 11, 202101:36

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2021 to the new moon of January 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.45 days.