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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 2025: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 2025Waning Crescent

Friday 12 December 2025395,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
395,152 km245,536 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2025 is on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 23:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 01:44 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 11, 202520:52
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 20, 202501:44

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 2025 to the new moon of December 20, 2025, a cycle of 29.79 days.