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The Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2069: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

First Quarter at

09:00UTC

Moon phase on December 21, 2069First Quarter

Saturday 21 December 2069375,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 21, 2069, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
375,031 km233,034 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2069 is on Saturday, December 28, 2069 at 00:50 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 2069 at 17:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 13, 206917:38
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 21, 206909:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 28, 206900:50

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Saturday, December 21, 2069 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2069 to the new moon of January 12, 2070, a cycle of 29.74 days.