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The Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on December 1, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 December 2022377,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
377,466 km234,547 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 22:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Thursday, December 1, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2022 to the new moon of December 23, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.