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The Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2048: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on December 3, 2048Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 December 2048365,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 3, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
365,121 km226,875 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2048 is on Friday, November 20, 2048 at 11:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 5, 2048 at 15:30 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, November 28, 204816:34
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 5, 204815:30

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Thursday, December 3, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 2048 to the new moon of December 5, 2048, a cycle of 29.45 days.