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The Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on December 2, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 December 2014374,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
374,639 km232,790 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 12:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 29, 201410:06
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 6, 201412:27

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 2014 to the new moon of December 22, 2014, a cycle of 29.54 days.