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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 1900: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 17, 1900Waning Crescent

Monday 17 December 1900402,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
402,399 km250,039 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1900 is on Thursday, December 6, 1900 at 10:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1900 at 00:01 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 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.