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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 2049: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

First Quarter at

08:53UTC

Moon phase on December 31, 2049First Quarter

Friday 31 December 2049376,400 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 2049, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
376,400 km233,884 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2049 is on Saturday, January 8, 2050 at 01:39 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 24, 2049 at 17:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 24, 204917:52
First Quarter (this day)Friday, December 31, 204908:53
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 8, 205001:39

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2049 to the new moon of January 23, 2050, a cycle of 29.46 days.