December 2016
Moon phases in December 2016
December 2016 night by night: the phase and how much of the disc is lit. Full moon: 14 December. New moon: 29 December. Times in UTC.
7 DecemberFirst quarter · 09:03 UTC
14 DecemberFull moon · 00:06 UTC
21 DecemberLast quarter · 01:56 UTC
29 DecemberNew moon · 06:53 UTC
Day by day
| Phase | Lit | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Thu | New moon | 4% | 402,273 km |
| 2 Fri | Waxing crescent | 8% | 399,730 km |
| 3 Sat | Waxing crescent | 14% | 396,590 km |
| 4 Sun | Waxing crescent | 22% | 392,841 km |
| 5 Mon | Waxing crescent | 31% | 388,501 km |
| 6 Tue | First quarter | 41% | 383,645 km |
| 7 Wed | First quarter · 09:03 UTC | 51% | 378,433 km |
| 8 Thu | First quarter | 62% | 373,120 km |
| 9 Fri | Waxing gibbous | 73% | 368,058 km |
| 10 Sat | Waxing gibbous | 83% | 363,671 km |
| 11 Sun | Waxing gibbous | 91% | 360,407 km |
| 12 Mon | Full moon | 96% | 358,664 km |
| 13 Tue | Full moon | 99% | 358,708 km |
| 14 Wed | Full moon · 00:06 UTCSupermoon | 99% | 360,613 km |
| 15 Thu | Full moon | 97% | 364,236 km |
| 16 Fri | Waning gibbous | 91% | 369,239 km |
| 17 Sat | Waning gibbous | 84% | 375,152 km |
| 18 Sun | Waning gibbous | 75% | 381,449 km |
| 19 Mon | Last quarter | 66% | 387,629 km |
| 20 Tue | Last quarter | 56% | 393,262 km |
| 21 Wed | Last quarter · 01:56 UTC | 46% | 398,027 km |
| 22 Thu | Last quarter | 37% | 401,715 km |
| 23 Fri | Waning crescent | 28% | 404,229 km |
| 24 Sat | Waning crescent | 20% | 405,573 km |
| 25 Sun | Waning crescent | 13% | 405,828 km |
| 26 Mon | Waning crescent | 7% | 405,130 km |
| 27 Tue | New moon | 3% | 403,645 km |
| 28 Wed | New moon | 1% | 401,544 km |
| 29 Thu | New moon · 06:53 UTC | 0% | 398,983 km |
| 30 Fri | New moon | 2% | 396,085 km |
| 31 Sat | Waxing crescent | 5% | 392,936 km |