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The Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2010: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on December 4, 2010Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 December 2010374,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 4, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
374,704 km232,830 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2010 is on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 17:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 28, 201020:37
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 5, 201017:36

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Saturday, December 4, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 2010 to the new moon of December 5, 2010, a cycle of 29.53 days.