Waxing · 54.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°
First Quarter at
01:36UTC
Moon phase on December 11, 2021First Quarter
On Saturday, December 11, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
388,927 km241,668 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 11, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 07:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, December 4, 2021 | 07:43 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, December 11, 2021 | 01:36 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, December 19, 2021 | 04:36 |
The Moon around December 11
More about this date
Saturday, December 11, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2021 to the new moon of January 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.45 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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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.