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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2085: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

First Quarter at

17:42UTC

Moon phase on December 23, 2085First Quarter

Sunday 23 December 2085370,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 2085, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
370,708 km230,347 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2085 is on Sunday, December 30, 2085 at 23:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 16, 2085 at 22:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 16, 208522:38
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 23, 208517:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 30, 208523:59

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 2085 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2085 to the new moon of January 15, 2086, a cycle of 29.53 days.