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The Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on December 5, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 December 1900366,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 5, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
366,512 km227,740 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1900 is on Thursday, December 6, 1900 at 10:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 22, 1900 at 07:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 29, 190017:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 6, 190010:38

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Wednesday, December 5, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1900 to the new moon of December 22, 1900, a cycle of 29.70 days.