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The Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1900: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 16, 1900Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 December 1900404,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 16, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,089 km251,089 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1900 is on Thursday, December 6, 1900 at 10:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1900 at 00:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 13, 190022:42
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 22, 190000:01

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Sunday, December 16, 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.