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The Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1908: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on December 9, 1908Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 December 1908390,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 9, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
390,521 km242,658 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1908 is on Monday, December 7, 1908 at 21:44 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 23, 1908 at 11:50 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 7, 190821:44
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 15, 190821:12

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Wednesday, December 9, 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.