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The Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 December 1917382,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 26, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
382,552 km237,707 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 1917 at 09:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Wednesday, December 26, 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.