Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 2043: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on December 2, 2043Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 December 2043406,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
406,493 km252,583 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2043 is on Wednesday, December 16, 2043 at 08:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 1, 2043 at 14:37 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 1, 204314:37
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 9, 204315:27

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2043 to the new moon of December 31, 2043, a cycle of 29.80 days.