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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1919: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 16, 1919Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 1919400,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
400,333 km248,755 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1919 is on Sunday, December 7, 1919 at 10:03 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 1919 at 10:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 14, 191906:02
New Moon (after)Monday, December 22, 191910:55

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 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.