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The Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2072: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 3, 2072Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 December 2072370,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 3, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
370,006 km229,911 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2072 is on Friday, November 25, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 9, 2072 at 16:59 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 2, 207219:22
New Moon (after)Friday, December 9, 207216:59

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Saturday, December 3, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 10, 2072 to the new moon of December 9, 2072, a cycle of 29.53 days.