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The Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1917Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 December 1917369,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 18, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
369,070 km229,329 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 14, 191709:17
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 21, 191706:07

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Tuesday, December 18, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 1917 to the new moon of January 12, 1918, a cycle of 29.55 days.