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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1905: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on December 23, 1905Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 December 1905363,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
363,513 km225,876 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1905 is on Monday, December 11, 1905 at 23:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 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.