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The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on December 2, 2015Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 December 2015398,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
398,689 km247,734 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2015 is on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 22:44 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, November 25, 201522:44
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 3, 201507:41

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 2015 to the new moon of December 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.70 days.