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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1909: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

First Quarter at

02:18UTC

Moon phase on December 20, 1909First Quarter

Monday 20 December 1909370,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1909, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
370,508 km230,223 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1909 is on Sunday, December 26, 1909 at 21:30 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 1909 at 19:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 12, 190919:59
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 20, 190902:18
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 26, 190921:30

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.