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The Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on December 1, 2011Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 December 2011393,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 1, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
393,471 km244,491 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 25, 201106:10
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 2, 201109:52

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Thursday, December 1, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2011 to the new moon of December 24, 2011, a cycle of 29.50 days.