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The Moon on Monday, December 24, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on December 24, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 December 1917376,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 24, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
376,834 km234,153 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 21, 191706:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 28, 191709:51

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Monday, December 24, 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.