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The Moon on Friday, December 8, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on December 8, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 December 1905405,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 8, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
405,513 km251,974 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1905 is on Monday, December 11, 1905 at 23:25 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 26, 1905 at 16:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 3, 190518:38
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 11, 190523:25

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Friday, December 8, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 1905 to the new moon of December 26, 1905, a cycle of 29.47 days.