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The Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on December 22, 1903Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 December 1903405,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 22, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
405,130 km251,736 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1903 is on Sunday, January 3, 1904 at 05:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Tuesday, December 22, 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.