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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on December 17, 1905Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 December 1905381,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
381,123 km236,819 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1905 is on Monday, December 11, 1905 at 23:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 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.