Moon Phase on December 1 2023 – The Waning Gibbous phase will be the moon phase on December 1st, 2023. The moon will be 17.46 days old and 87.32% illuminated with a tilt of -271.634°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon will be 395,588.18 km, and the moon sign will be Cancer.
On December 1st, 2023, the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous phase, which marks the period following the Full Moon when the moon’s illumination decreases each day until it reaches 50% (the Last Quarter phase).
Moon Phase on December 1 2023
- Moon Phase on December 1 2023 Phase: Waning Gibbous
- Moon age on December 1 2023 : 17.46 days
- Moon illumination on December 1 2023 : 87.32%
- Moon tilt on December 1 2023 : -271.634°
- Moon angle on December 1 2023 : 0.5
- Moon distance on December 1 2023 : 395,588.18 km
- Moon sign on December 1 2023 : Cancer
The shrinking gibbous Moon will appear in the eastern sky after sunset, reach its highest point in the sky after midnight, and then set in the west after sunrise. Throughout this phase, the moon’s illumination will decrease from 99% to 50.1%. While the phase officially begins once the Full Moon has passed, distinguishing the initial stage of a Waning Gibbous Moon from a Full Moon can be challenging when 98-99% of the Moon’s surface is illuminated.
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