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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1915: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on December 20, 1915Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 December 1915406,342 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
406,342 km252,489 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 6, 1915 at 18:03 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.