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The Moon on Monday, December 21, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on December 21, 1903Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 December 1903403,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 21, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
403,799 km250,909 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1903 is on Sunday, January 3, 1904 at 05:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Monday, December 21, 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.