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The Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2056: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

First Quarter at

20:54UTC

Moon phase on December 13, 2056First Quarter

Wednesday 13 December 2056390,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 13, 2056, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
390,327 km242,538 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 6, 205622:31
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 13, 205620:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 22, 205601:34

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Wednesday, December 13, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2056 to the new moon of January 5, 2057, a cycle of 29.47 days.