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The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2026: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 2, 2026Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 December 2026383,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 2026, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
383,894 km238,541 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2026 is on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at 14:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 00:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 1, 202606:09
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 9, 202600:52

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 9, 2026 to the new moon of December 9, 2026, a cycle of 29.74 days.