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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 2008: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Last Quarter at

10:29UTC

Moon phase on December 19, 2008Last Quarter

Friday 19 December 2008386,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 2008, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
386,056 km239,884 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:23 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 12, 200816:37
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, December 19, 200810:29
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 27, 200812:23

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2008 to the new moon of December 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.81 days.