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The Moon on Friday, December 29, 2056: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Last Quarter at

18:22UTC

Moon phase on December 29, 2056Last Quarter

Friday 29 December 2056377,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 29, 2056, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
377,387 km234,497 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 5, 2057 at 09:49 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 22, 205601:34
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, December 29, 205618:22
New Moon (after)Friday, January 5, 205709:49

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Friday, December 29, 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.