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The Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on December 5, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 December 1916385,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 5, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
385,295 km239,411 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 25, 1916 at 08:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 2, 191601:55
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 9, 191612:44

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Tuesday, December 5, 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.