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The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on December 2, 2020Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 December 2020396,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
396,178 km246,174 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2020 is on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 09:30 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 30, 202009:30
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 8, 202000:37

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 15, 2020 to the new moon of December 14, 2020, a cycle of 29.46 days.