Waning · 48.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°
Last Quarter at
07:41UTC
Moon phase on December 3, 2015Last Quarter
On Thursday, December 3, 2015, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
401,964 km249,769 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 3, 2015 is on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 22:44 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 | 22:44 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Thursday, December 3, 2015 | 07:41 |
| New Moon (after) | Friday, December 11, 2015 | 10:30 |
The Moon around December 3
More about this date
Thursday, December 3, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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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.