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The Moon on Monday, December 13, 2010: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

First Quarter at

13:59UTC

Moon phase on December 13, 2010First Quarter

Monday 13 December 2010404,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 13, 2010, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
404,382 km251,271 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 5, 201017:36
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 13, 201013:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 21, 201008:14

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Monday, December 13, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2010 to the new moon of January 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.64 days.