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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on December 17, 1909Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 December 1909377,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
377,943 km234,843 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1909 is on Sunday, December 26, 1909 at 21:30 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 1909 at 19:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.