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The Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on December 23, 1919Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 December 1919402,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 23, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
402,665 km250,204 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1919 is on Monday, January 5, 1920 at 21:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 1919 at 10:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 22, 191910:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 30, 191905:25

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Tuesday, December 23, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1919 to the new moon of January 21, 1920, a cycle of 29.77 days.