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The Moon on Thursday, December 19, 2019: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Last Quarter at

04:57UTC

Moon phase on December 19, 2019Last Quarter

Thursday 19 December 2019370,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 19, 2019, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
370,349 km230,124 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 12, 201905:12
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 19, 201904:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 26, 201905:13

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Thursday, December 19, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2019 to the new moon of December 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.59 days.