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The Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on December 31, 1901Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 31 December 1901392,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 31, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.6% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
392,721 km244,025 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1902 at 21:15 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Tuesday, December 31, 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.