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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2043: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Last Quarter at

05:04UTC

Moon phase on December 23, 2043Last Quarter

Wednesday 23 December 2043392,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 2043, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
392,733 km244,033 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2043 is on Wednesday, December 16, 2043 at 08:02 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 31, 2043 at 09:48 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 16, 204308:02
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 23, 204305:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 31, 204309:48

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2043 to the new moon of December 31, 2043, a cycle of 29.80 days.