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The Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 1905Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 December 1905394,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 31, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
394,015 km244,830 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1905 is on Wednesday, January 10, 1906 at 16:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 26, 190504:04
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 2, 190614:52

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Sunday, December 31, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1905 to the new moon of January 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.55 days.