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The Moon on Friday, December 8, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 8, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 December 1916395,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 8, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
395,186 km245,557 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 25, 1916 at 08:50 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Friday, December 8, 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.