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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on December 20, 1918Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 December 1918380,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
380,895 km236,677 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 1919 at 08:24 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.