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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 23, 1903Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 December 1903405,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
405,559 km252,003 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1903 is on Sunday, January 3, 1904 at 05:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 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.