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The Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on December 2, 2042Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 December 2042388,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 2, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 68.6% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
388,094 km241,150 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2042 is on Thursday, November 27, 2042 at 06:06 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, November 27, 204206:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 4, 204209:19

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Tuesday, December 2, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 2042 to the new moon of December 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.75 days.