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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 2021: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Last Quarter at

02:24UTC

Moon phase on December 27, 2021Last Quarter

Monday 27 December 2021378,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 2021, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
378,617 km235,262 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 19, 202104:36
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, December 27, 202102:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 2, 202218:34

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 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.