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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1903: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on December 17, 1903Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 December 1903393,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
393,100 km244,261 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1903 is on Friday, December 4, 1903 at 18:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 11, 190310:53
New Moon (after)Friday, December 18, 190321:26

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1903 to the new moon of December 18, 1903, a cycle of 29.68 days.