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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1906: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on December 12, 1906Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 December 1906365,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
365,515 km227,120 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1906 is on Friday, November 30, 1906 at 23:07 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 9, 190601:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 15, 190618:54

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 1906 to the new moon of December 15, 1906, a cycle of 29.43 days.