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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1900: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 20, 1900Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 December 1900392,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
392,684 km244,003 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1900 is on Thursday, December 6, 1900 at 10:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 22, 1900 at 00:01 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.