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The Moon on Friday, December 5, 1919: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on December 5, 1919Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 December 1919359,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 5, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
359,316 km223,268 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1919 is on Sunday, December 7, 1919 at 10:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 22, 1919 at 15:20 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 30, 191916:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 7, 191910:03

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Friday, December 5, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1919 to the new moon of December 22, 1919, a cycle of 29.82 days.