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The Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2074: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on December 5, 2074Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 December 2074405,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 5, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
405,231 km251,799 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2074 is on Monday, December 3, 2074 at 14:03 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 18, 2074 at 07:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 3, 207414:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 11, 207415:08

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Wednesday, December 5, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 2074 to the new moon of December 18, 2074, a cycle of 29.43 days.