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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on December 10, 2021Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 December 2021383,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.2% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
383,218 km238,121 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 07:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 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.