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The Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1908: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

First Quarter at

05:40UTC

Moon phase on December 30, 1908First Quarter

Wednesday 30 December 1908372,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 30, 1908, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
372,592 km231,518 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1908 is on Wednesday, January 6, 1909 at 14:13 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 23, 1908 at 11:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 23, 190811:50
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 30, 190805:40
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 6, 190914:13

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Wednesday, December 30, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 1908 to the new moon of January 22, 1909, a cycle of 29.52 days.