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The Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1909: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on December 8, 1909Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 December 1909404,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 8, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
404,428 km251,300 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1909 is on Saturday, November 27, 1909 at 08:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 1909 at 19:59 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Wednesday, December 8, 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.