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The Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2073: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

First Quarter at

09:33UTC

Moon phase on December 6, 2073First Quarter

Wednesday 6 December 2073398,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 6, 2073, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.1% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
398,551 km247,648 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2073 is on Thursday, December 14, 2073 at 13:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 29, 2073 at 05:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, November 29, 207305:12
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 6, 207309:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 14, 207313:49

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Wednesday, December 6, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 2073 to the new moon of December 28, 2073, a cycle of 29.49 days.