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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 1917Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 December 1917393,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
393,248 km244,353 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1917 is on Friday, December 28, 1917 at 09:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 191709:51
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 5, 191811:49

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 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.