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The Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1908: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on December 20, 1908Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 December 1908385,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 20, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
385,902 km239,788 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1908 is on Monday, December 7, 1908 at 21:44 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 23, 1908 at 11:50 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Sunday, December 20, 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.