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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1901Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 December 1901364,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
364,740 km226,639 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1902 at 21:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 25, 190112:16
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 1, 190216:08

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.