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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 1905Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 December 1905384,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
384,820 km239,116 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1905 is on Monday, December 11, 1905 at 23:25 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 11, 190523:25
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 19, 190512:09

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 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.