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The Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2096: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

First Quarter at

16:36UTC

Moon phase on December 22, 2096First Quarter

Saturday 22 December 2096380,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 22, 2096, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
380,486 km236,423 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2096 is on Saturday, December 29, 2096 at 08:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2096 at 20:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 14, 209620:06
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 22, 209616:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 29, 209608:23

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Saturday, December 22, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2096 to the new moon of January 13, 2097, a cycle of 29.79 days.