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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2087: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Last Quarter at

20:12UTC

Moon phase on December 16, 2087Last Quarter

Tuesday 16 December 2087390,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 2087, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
390,495 km242,642 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2087 is on Tuesday, December 9, 2087 at 22:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 25, 2087 at 01:43 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 9, 208722:31
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 16, 208720:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 25, 208701:43

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2087 to the new moon of December 25, 2087, a cycle of 29.80 days.