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The Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2023: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on December 6, 2023Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 December 2023402,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
402,395 km250,036 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2023 is on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 09:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 23:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 5, 202305:49
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 12, 202323:32

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Wednesday, December 6, 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.