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The Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on December 5, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 December 1908376,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 5, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
376,112 km233,705 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1908 is on Monday, December 7, 1908 at 21:44 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 23, 1908 at 21:53 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 30, 190821:44
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 7, 190821:44

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Saturday, December 5, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 1908 to the new moon of December 23, 1908, a cycle of 29.58 days.