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The Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1911: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

First Quarter at

18:47UTC

Moon phase on December 28, 1911First Quarter

Thursday 28 December 1911389,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 28, 1911, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
389,141 km241,801 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1911 is on Thursday, January 4, 1912 at 13:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 1911 at 15:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 20, 191115:40
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 28, 191118:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 4, 191213:29

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Thursday, December 28, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1911 to the new moon of January 19, 1912, a cycle of 29.81 days.