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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 December 1917379,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
379,508 km235,815 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 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.