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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on December 4, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 December 2011404,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.6% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
404,062 km251,072 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 2, 201109:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 10, 201114:37

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.