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The Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on December 2, 2012Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 December 2012401,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 2, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
401,771 km249,649 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2012 is on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 14:46 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, November 28, 201214:46
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 6, 201215:32

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Sunday, December 2, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 2012 to the new moon of December 13, 2012, a cycle of 29.44 days.