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The Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2047: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

First Quarter at

01:51UTC

Moon phase on December 24, 2047First Quarter

Tuesday 24 December 2047398,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 24, 2047, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
398,293 km247,487 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2047 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 2047 at 23:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 16, 204723:38
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 24, 204701:51
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 1, 204806:57

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Tuesday, December 24, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2047 to the new moon of January 15, 2048, a cycle of 29.50 days.