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The Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on December 3, 2008Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 December 2008400,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 3, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
400,236 km248,695 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 27, 200816:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 5, 200821:26

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2008 to the new moon of December 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.81 days.