Phase of the Moon on 19 December: waxing crescent with 10% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
New Moon on 16 December 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The moon phase of DECEMBER 26TH 1997 was a WANING CRESCENT
The moon phase on Thursday, December 23, 2010, was a Waning Gibbous. This phase occurs after the Full Moon phase and before the Third Quarter phase, where the illuminated portion of the moon decreases each night.
December 16th, 1996's moon phase was First Quarter.
Phase of the Moon on 29 December 1998: waxing gibbous with 85% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Full Moon on 1 January 1999 at 6:51 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.
The moon phase of DECEMBER 26TH 1997 was a WANING CRESCENT
The moon phase on Thursday, December 23, 2010, was a Waning Gibbous. This phase occurs after the Full Moon phase and before the Third Quarter phase, where the illuminated portion of the moon decreases each night.
December 16th, 1996's moon phase was First Quarter.
New Moon
Phase of the Moon on 29 December 1998: waxing gibbous with 85% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Full Moon on 1 January 1999 at 6:51 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
On December 3, 2010, the phase of the moon was a waxing crescent. This means that the moon was transitioning from a new moon to a first quarter moon, with only a small portion of its surface illuminated.
Just before a full moon which occurred on the 23rd.
For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.For December 2009: New moon is on Dec. 16, 12:02 UTC, first quarter is on Dec. 24, 17:36 UTC, full moon is on Dec. 31, 19:13 UTC. Data from Kosmos Himmelsjahr 2009.
The Moon was full on 12/2/09.
The moon phase on that date was waxing crescent.
The moon looks the same as always but depending where you are in the world it may be in a different phase.
On December 8, 2011, the moon was in its waxing gibbous phase, meaning it was more than half illuminated but less than full.