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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 1909: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on December 24, 1909Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 December 1909367,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
367,906 km228,606 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1909 is on Sunday, December 26, 1909 at 21:30 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 1909 at 19:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 20, 190902:18
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 26, 190921:30

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 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.