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The Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 20, 1903Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 December 1903401,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 20, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
401,753 km249,638 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1903 is on Sunday, January 3, 1904 at 05:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 18, 190321:26
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 27, 190302:23

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Sunday, December 20, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1903 to the new moon of January 17, 1904, a cycle of 29.76 days.