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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1911: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on December 17, 1911Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 December 1911400,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
400,052 km248,581 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1911 is on Wednesday, December 6, 1911 at 02:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 1911 at 15:40 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 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.