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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1916: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 1916Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 1916381,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.5% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
381,721 km237,190 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 17, 191618:06
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 24, 191620:31

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.