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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on December 4, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 December 2022388,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
388,873 km241,634 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 22:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.