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The Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2026: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Last Quarter at

19:00UTC

Moon phase on December 30, 2026Last Quarter

Wednesday 30 December 2026383,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 30, 2026, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
383,270 km238,153 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2026 is on Thursday, December 24, 2026 at 01:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 2027 at 20:25 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 24, 202601:28
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 30, 202619:00
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 7, 202720:25

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Wednesday, December 30, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2026 to the new moon of January 7, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.