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The Moon on Monday, December 4, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on December 4, 2023Waning Gibbous

Monday 4 December 2023404,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 4, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.1% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
404,283 km251,210 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2023 is on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 09:16 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 23:32 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 27, 202309:16
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 5, 202305:49

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Monday, December 4, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 2023 to the new moon of December 12, 2023, a cycle of 29.59 days.