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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 1914404,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
404,670 km251,450 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1914 is on Friday, January 1, 1915 at 12:20 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 17, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 24, 191408:24
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 1, 191512:20

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.