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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 December 1912383,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
383,128 km238,065 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1912 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1912 at 04:30 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 8, 1912 at 17:07 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 16, 191220:06
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 24, 191204:30

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 1912 to the new moon of January 7, 1913, a cycle of 29.72 days.