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The Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on December 19, 1918Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 December 1918375,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 19, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
375,563 km233,364 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 1919 at 08:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 17, 191819:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 25, 191806:30

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Thursday, December 19, 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.