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The Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 7, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 December 1916392,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 7, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
392,026 km243,594 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Thursday, December 7, 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.