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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2039: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

First Quarter at

10:02UTC

Moon phase on December 22, 2039First Quarter

Thursday 22 December 2039386,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2039, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
386,252 km240,006 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2039 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 15, 2039 at 16:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 15, 203916:32
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 22, 203910:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 30, 203912:38

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 2039 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 2039 to the new moon of January 14, 2040, a cycle of 29.45 days.