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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1915: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on December 23, 1915Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 December 1915404,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
404,515 km251,354 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 21, 191512:52
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 29, 191512:59

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.