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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 18, 1914Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 December 1914367,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
367,555 km228,388 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1914 is on Friday, January 1, 1915 at 12:20 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 17, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 17, 191402:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 24, 191408:24

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1914 to the new moon of January 15, 1915, a cycle of 29.50 days.