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The Moon on Friday, December 2, 2078: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on December 2, 2078Waning Crescent

Friday 2 December 2078406,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 2, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,360 km252,500 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2078 is on Saturday, November 19, 2078 at 12:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 4, 2078 at 12:08 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, November 26, 207807:54
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 4, 207812:08

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Friday, December 2, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 2078 to the new moon of December 4, 2078, a cycle of 29.80 days.