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The Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2068: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Last Quarter at

14:11UTC

Moon phase on December 16, 2068Last Quarter

Sunday 16 December 2068403,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 16, 2068, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
403,607 km250,790 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2068 is on Saturday, December 8, 2068 at 23:42 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 2068 at 13:44 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 8, 206823:42
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 16, 206814:11
New Moon (after)Monday, December 24, 206813:44

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Sunday, December 16, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 24, 2068 to the new moon of December 24, 2068, a cycle of 29.67 days.