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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2013: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Last Quarter at

13:48UTC

Moon phase on December 25, 2013Last Quarter

Wednesday 25 December 2013391,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 2013, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
391,625 km243,345 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 17, 201309:28
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 25, 201313:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 1, 201411:14

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2013 to the new moon of January 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.