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The Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 12, 1916Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 December 1916404,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 12, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
404,611 km251,413 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 9, 191612:44
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 17, 191618:06

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Tuesday, December 12, 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.