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The Moon on Monday, December 16, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on December 16, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 December 1918364,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 16, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
364,996 km226,798 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 1918 at 15:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Monday, December 16, 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.