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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1916: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 1916Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 December 1916364,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
364,833 km226,697 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1916 is on Saturday, December 9, 1916 at 12:44 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 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.