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The Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2046: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

First Quarter at

07:56UTC

Moon phase on December 5, 2046First Quarter

Wednesday 5 December 2046402,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 5, 2046, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
402,230 km249,934 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2046 is on Thursday, December 13, 2046 at 09:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 2046 at 21:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 27, 204621:50
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 5, 204607:56
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 13, 204609:55

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Wednesday, December 5, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2046 to the new moon of December 27, 2046, a cycle of 29.53 days.