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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on December 19, 1917Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 December 1917369,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
369,118 km229,359 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 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.