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The Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1918: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Full Moon at

19:17UTC

Moon phase on December 17, 1918Full Moon

Tuesday 17 December 1918367,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 17, 1918, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
367,300 km228,230 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 368,268 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 1918 at 15:19 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 11, 191802:31
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, December 17, 191819:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 25, 191806:30

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Tuesday, December 17, 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.