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The Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2042: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Last Quarter at

09:19UTC

Moon phase on December 4, 2042Last Quarter

Thursday 4 December 2042398,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 4, 2042, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
398,224 km247,445 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2042 is on Thursday, November 27, 2042 at 06:06 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, November 27, 204206:06
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 4, 204209:19
New Moon (after)Friday, December 12, 204214:30

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Thursday, December 4, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 2042 to the new moon of December 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.75 days.