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The Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2079: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

First Quarter at

08:29UTC

Moon phase on December 31, 2079First Quarter

Sunday 31 December 2079384,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 31, 2079, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.7% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
384,372 km238,837 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2079 is on Sunday, January 7, 2080 at 01:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 23, 2079 at 06:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 23, 207906:31
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 31, 207908:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 7, 208001:45

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Sunday, December 31, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2079 to the new moon of January 22, 2080, a cycle of 29.81 days.