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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on December 16, 1916Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 December 1916401,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.2% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
401,627 km249,559 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 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.