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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1905: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 1905Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 1905370,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
370,066 km229,948 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1905 is on Monday, December 11, 1905 at 23:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 19, 190512:09
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 26, 190504:04

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.