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The Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on December 3, 2024Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 December 2024389,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
389,058 km241,749 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 06:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 1, 202406:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 8, 202415:27

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2024 to the new moon of December 30, 2024, a cycle of 29.67 days.