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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 2049: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Last Quarter at

11:15UTC

Moon phase on December 17, 2049Last Quarter

Friday 17 December 2049399,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 2049, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
399,668 km248,342 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2049 is on Thursday, December 9, 2049 at 07:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 24, 2049 at 17:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 9, 204907:28
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, December 17, 204911:15
New Moon (after)Friday, December 24, 204917:52

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2049 to the new moon of December 24, 2049, a cycle of 29.51 days.