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The Moon on Monday, December 28, 2048: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Last Quarter at

08:31UTC

Moon phase on December 28, 2048Last Quarter

Monday 28 December 2048384,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 28, 2048, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
384,775 km239,088 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 4, 2049 at 02:24 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 20, 204806:39
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, December 28, 204808:31
New Moon (after)Monday, January 4, 204902:24

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Monday, December 28, 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.