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The Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 2081: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 2081Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 December 2081387,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 3, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
387,041 km240,496 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2081 is on Tuesday, December 16, 2081 at 04:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 2081 at 14:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 30, 208114:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 8, 208106:38

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Wednesday, December 3, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 2081 to the new moon of December 30, 2081, a cycle of 29.58 days.