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The Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on December 24, 1919Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 December 1919400,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 24, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
400,373 km248,780 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1919 is on Monday, January 5, 1920 at 21:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 1919 at 10:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Wednesday, December 24, 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.