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The Moon on Monday, December 28, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on December 28, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 December 1914404,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 28, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
404,785 km251,522 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1914 is on Friday, January 1, 1915 at 12:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 17, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Monday, December 28, 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.