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The Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1915: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on December 16, 1915Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 December 1915399,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 16, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
399,049 km247,957 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 6, 1915 at 18:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 13, 191511:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 21, 191512:52

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Thursday, December 16, 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.