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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1915: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on December 26, 1915Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 December 1915396,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
396,660 km246,473 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.