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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1919: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 1919Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 1919403,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
403,255 km250,571 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1919 is on Sunday, December 7, 1919 at 10:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 1919 at 10:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.