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The Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on December 5, 1918Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 December 1918392,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 5, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
392,596 km243,948 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 1918 at 15:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 3, 191815:19
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 11, 191802:31

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Thursday, December 5, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 1918 to the new moon of January 2, 1919, a cycle of 29.71 days.