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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2066: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

First Quarter at

16:07UTC

Moon phase on December 23, 2066First Quarter

Thursday 23 December 2066380,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 2066, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
380,051 km236,153 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2066 is on Friday, December 31, 2066 at 14:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 2066 at 00:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 17, 206600:17
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 23, 206616:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 31, 206614:41

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 2066 to the new moon of January 15, 2067, a cycle of 29.46 days.