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The Moon on Thursday, December 2, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on December 2, 2027Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 December 2027402,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 2, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
402,628 km250,181 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 28, 2027 at 03:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 28, 202703:24
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 6, 202705:22

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Thursday, December 2, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 2027 to the new moon of December 27, 2027, a cycle of 29.70 days.