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The Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2048: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

First Quarter at

07:29UTC

Moon phase on December 12, 2048First Quarter

Saturday 12 December 2048382,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 12, 2048, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 52.1% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

52.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
382,686 km237,790 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 5, 2048 at 15:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 5, 204815:30
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 12, 204807:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 20, 204806:39

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Saturday, December 12, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2048 to the new moon of January 4, 2049, a cycle of 29.45 days.