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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on December 15, 1909Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 December 1909383,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
383,979 km238,593 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1909 is on Sunday, December 26, 1909 at 21:30 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 1909 at 19:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 12, 190919:59
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 20, 190902:18

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1909 to the new moon of January 11, 1910, a cycle of 29.66 days.