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The Moon on Monday, December 21, 1908: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on December 21, 1908Waning Crescent

Monday 21 December 1908380,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 21, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
380,676 km236,541 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Monday, December 21, 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.