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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on December 9, 1915Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 December 1915362,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.1% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
362,488 km225,239 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 6, 1915 at 18:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 6, 191518:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 13, 191511:38

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1915 to the new moon of January 5, 1916, a cycle of 29.45 days.