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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1916: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

First Quarter at

01:55UTC

Moon phase on December 2, 1916First Quarter

Saturday 2 December 1916374,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 1916, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
374,637 km232,789 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 25, 1916 at 08:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 25, 191608:50
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 2, 191601:55
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 9, 191612:44

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 1916 to the new moon of December 24, 1916, a cycle of 29.49 days.