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The Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1905: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 21, 1905Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 December 1905367,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
367,009 km228,049 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1905 is on Monday, December 11, 1905 at 23:25 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Thursday, December 21, 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.