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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 1915: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on December 31, 1915Waning Crescent

Friday 31 December 1915371,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
371,031 km230,548 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1915 is on Tuesday, December 21, 1915 at 12:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 29, 191512:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 5, 191604:45

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 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.