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The Moon on Friday, December 3, 2038: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

First Quarter at

12:46UTC

Moon phase on December 3, 2038First Quarter

Friday 3 December 2038392,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 3, 2038, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
392,904 km244,139 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 26, 2038 at 13:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 26, 203813:47
First Quarter (this day)Friday, December 3, 203812:46
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 11, 203817:31

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Friday, December 3, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2038 to the new moon of December 26, 2038, a cycle of 29.47 days.