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The Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2043: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 2043Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 December 2043405,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 3, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
405,645 km252,056 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2043 is on Wednesday, December 16, 2043 at 08:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 1, 2043 at 14:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Thursday, December 3, 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.