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The Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1908: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on December 16, 1908Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 December 1908402,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 16, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
402,580 km250,152 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1908 is on Monday, December 7, 1908 at 21:44 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 23, 1908 at 11:50 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 15, 190821:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 23, 190811:50

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Wednesday, December 16, 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.