December 01, 2023 Moon Phase: The Moon is in its waning phase. During this phase, the Moon can be seen on the western horizon in the early morning hours.
This is the first phase after the full moon. This lasts about 7 days and the Moon’s illumination decreases each day until the Moon becomes the last quarter moon at 50% illumination.
The average rise of the moon in this phase is between 21:00 and midnight, depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.
Visit the December 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Moon Phase December 1 2023 Friday
- Phase Details For December 1 2023
- Phase: Waning Gibbous
- Illumination: 83%
- Moon Age: 18.78 days
- Moon Angle: 0.50
- Moon Distance: 400,401.65 km
- Sun Angle: 0.54
- Sun Distance: 147,501,547.03 km
Moon phase for 1 December 2023 Friday 12:00 UTC
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Waning Gibbous 83% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on 1 December 2023, Friday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 83% and getting smaller. The 18 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on December 1 has an illumination of 83%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On December 1, the Moon is 18.78 days old. This indicates how many days have passed since the last new moon.
The Moon takes 29.53 days to orbit the Earth and go through all 8 lunar phases. Stage information as of December 1, 2023 Phase: Declining Giba Illumination: 83% Lunar age: 18.78 days Lunar angle: 0.50 Distance from the Moon: 00, 01.65 km Sun angle: 0.5 Distance from the sun: 1 7,501,5 7.03 km
Moon phase on Friday December 1, 2023 The current phase of the Moon on December 1, 2023 is the waning gibbous phase. Today the Moon is 17. 5 days old and 87.37% illuminated with a declination of -275.207°. The estimated distance from the Earth to the Moon is 395,553.35 km and the Moon Sign is Cancer.
The phase of the moon on December 1, 2023 is the waning gibbous phase. This is the first phase after the full moon, when the moon of the moon decreases every day until it reaches 50% (last quarter phase).
The waning (waning) Gibbous Moon rises after sunset in the east, crosses the meridian after midnight, before setting after sunrise in the west. During this phase, the moon’s brightness drops from 99% to 50.1%.
Technically, the phase starts as soon as the Full Moon has passed, but it can be difficult to calculate and differentiate the first stage of a Waning Gibbous Moon from a Full Moon when 98-99% of the Moon surface is illuminated as per lunar phase.
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Fun fact: the word Gibbous was first used in the 1 th century and comes from the latin word gibbosus which means humpbacked.
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