Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°
First Quarter at
09:52UTC
Moon phase on December 2, 2011First Quarter
On Friday, December 2, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
398,119 km247,380 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 2, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, November 25, 2011 | 06:10 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, December 2, 2011 | 09:52 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, December 10, 2011 | 14:37 |
The Moon around December 2
More about this date
Friday, December 2, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
- The same date one year apart: 2010 · 2012.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.