Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°
First Quarter at
15:27UTC
Moon phase on December 8, 2024First Quarter
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
372,758 km231,621 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 8, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 06:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, December 1, 2024 | 06:22 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 15:27 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, December 15, 2024 | 09:02 |
The Moon around December 8
More about this date
Sunday, December 8, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2024 to the new moon of December 30, 2024, a cycle of 29.67 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
- The same date one year apart: 2023 · 2025.
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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.