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The Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on December 3, 2020Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 December 2020393,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 3, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
393,003 km244,201 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2020 is on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 09:30 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Thursday, December 3, 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.