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The Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 December 1901362,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 22, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
362,079 km224,986 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 11, 1901 at 02:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Sunday, December 22, 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.