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The Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1909: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on December 5, 1909Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 December 1909402,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 5, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
402,872 km250,333 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1909 is on Saturday, November 27, 1909 at 08:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 1909 at 19:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 4, 190916:13
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 12, 190919:59

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Sunday, December 5, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 1909 to the new moon of December 12, 1909, a cycle of 29.74 days.