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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on December 15, 1901Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 December 1901392,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
392,121 km243,653 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 11, 1901 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 1901 to the new moon of January 9, 1902, a cycle of 29.76 days.