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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1918: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 28, 1918Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 December 1918403,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
403,503 km250,725 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1918 is on Tuesday, December 17, 1918 at 19:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 1919 at 08:24 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.