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The Moon on Friday, December 29, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 29, 1916Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 December 1916368,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 29, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
368,491 km228,970 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1916 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 24, 1916 at 20:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 24, 191620:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 31, 191612:07

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Friday, December 29, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1916 to the new moon of January 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.46 days.