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The Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1991: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on December 4, 1991Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 December 1991395,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 4, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
395,294 km245,624 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1991 is on Thursday, November 21, 1991 at 22:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 6, 1991 at 03:57 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, November 28, 199115:21
New Moon (after)Friday, December 6, 199103:57

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Wednesday, December 4, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 1991 to the new moon of December 6, 1991, a cycle of 29.70 days.