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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on December 4, 2016Waxing Crescent

Sunday 4 December 2016392,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
392,841 km244,100 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2016 is on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 00:06 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 29, 201612:18
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 7, 201609:03

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 2016 to the new moon of December 29, 2016, a cycle of 29.77 days.