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The Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 2019Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 December 2019402,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
402,598 km250,163 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 15:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 26, 201915:06
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 4, 201906:59

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2019 to the new moon of December 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.59 days.