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The Moon on Monday, December 9, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on December 9, 1918Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 December 1918378,764 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 9, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
378,764 km235,353 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 1918 at 15:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Monday, December 9, 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.