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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1918: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 26, 1918Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 December 1918404,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
404,492 km251,340 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 1919 at 08:24 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 25, 191806:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 2, 191908:24

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.