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The Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2083: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

First Quarter at

01:13UTC

Moon phase on December 16, 2083First Quarter

Thursday 16 December 2083389,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 16, 2083, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
389,705 km242,151 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2083 is on Friday, December 24, 2083 at 03:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 9, 2083 at 06:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 9, 208306:25
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 16, 208301:13
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 24, 208303:52

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Thursday, December 16, 2083 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2083 to the new moon of January 7, 2084, a cycle of 29.45 days.