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The Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 2071: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

First Quarter at

17:16UTC

Moon phase on December 29, 2071First Quarter

Tuesday 29 December 2071396,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 29, 2071, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
396,712 km246,505 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2071 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 21, 207111:47
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 29, 207117:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 5, 207218:13

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Tuesday, December 29, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2071 to the new moon of January 20, 2072, a cycle of 29.78 days.