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The Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 December 1901365,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 21, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,267 km226,966 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 11, 1901 at 02:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Saturday, December 21, 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.