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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2029: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

First Quarter at

17:50UTC

Moon phase on December 12, 2029First Quarter

Wednesday 12 December 2029396,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 2029, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.7% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
396,013 km246,071 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2029 is on Thursday, December 20, 2029 at 22:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 5, 2029 at 14:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 5, 202914:52
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 12, 202917:50
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 20, 202922:47

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 2029 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2029 to the new moon of January 4, 2030, a cycle of 29.50 days.