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The Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1914: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on December 6, 1914Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 December 1914393,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 6, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
393,164 km244,301 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1914 is on Wednesday, December 2, 1914 at 18:20 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 17, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 2, 191418:20
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 10, 191411:32

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Sunday, December 6, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 17, 1914 to the new moon of December 17, 1914, a cycle of 29.44 days.