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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2051: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Last Quarter at

23:21UTC

Moon phase on December 24, 2051Last Quarter

Sunday 24 December 2051398,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 2051, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
398,804 km247,805 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 2, 2052 at 03:05 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 17, 205116:05
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 24, 205123:21
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 2, 205203:05

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2051 to the new moon of January 2, 2052, a cycle of 29.73 days.