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The Moon on Friday, December 4, 2015: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on December 4, 2015Waning Crescent

Friday 4 December 2015404,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 4, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
404,007 km251,038 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2015 is on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 22:44 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 3, 201507:41
New Moon (after)Friday, December 11, 201510:30

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Friday, December 4, 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.