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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 2068: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

First Quarter at

13:23UTC

Moon phase on December 31, 2068First Quarter

Monday 31 December 2068370,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 2068, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,338 km230,118 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2068 is on Monday, January 7, 2069 at 13:43 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 2068 at 13:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 24, 206813:44
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 31, 206813:23
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 7, 206913:43

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2068 to the new moon of January 23, 2069, a cycle of 29.58 days.