Waxing · 52.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°
First Quarter at
05:19UTC
Moon phase on December 20, 2012First Quarter
On Thursday, December 20, 2012, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
392,358 km243,800 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 20, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, December 13, 2012 | 08:42 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, December 20, 2012 | 05:19 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, December 28, 2012 | 10:21 |
The Moon around December 20
More about this date
Thursday, December 20, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2012 to the new moon of January 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.46 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2012, or the whole moon calendar 2012.
- The same date one year apart: 2011 · 2013.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.