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The Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 2088: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

First Quarter at

04:52UTC

Moon phase on December 21, 2088First Quarter

Tuesday 21 December 2088387,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 21, 2088, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
387,936 km241,052 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2088 is on Tuesday, December 28, 2088 at 00:57 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 2088 at 00:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 13, 208800:52
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 21, 208804:52
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 28, 208800:57

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Tuesday, December 21, 2088 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2088 to the new moon of January 11, 2089, a cycle of 29.81 days.