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The Moon on Monday, December 2, 1918: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on December 2, 1918Waning Crescent

Monday 2 December 1918401,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 2, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
401,300 km249,356 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1918 is on Monday, November 18, 1918 at 07:33 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 1918 at 15:19 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 25, 191810:25
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 3, 191815:19

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Monday, December 2, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 3, 1918 to the new moon of December 3, 1918, a cycle of 29.76 days.