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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1911: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on December 16, 1911Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 December 1911396,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
396,907 km246,626 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1911 is on Wednesday, December 6, 1911 at 02:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 1911 at 15:40 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 12, 191117:46
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 20, 191115:40

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 1911 to the new moon of December 20, 1911, a cycle of 29.79 days.