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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1916: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

New Moon at

20:31UTC

Moon phase on December 24, 1916New Moon

Sunday 24 December 1916361,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 1916, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
361,301 km224,502 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1916 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 17, 191618:06
New Moon (this day)Sunday, December 24, 191620:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 31, 191612:07

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 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.