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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1901: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

First Quarter at

20:35UTC

Moon phase on December 18, 1901First Quarter

Wednesday 18 December 1901378,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 1901, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
378,946 km235,466 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 11, 1901 at 02:53 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 11, 190102:53
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 18, 190120:35
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 25, 190112:16

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 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.