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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on December 12, 1915Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 December 1915379,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
379,139 km235,586 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 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.