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The Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1920: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 5, 1920Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 December 1920388,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 5, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
388,860 km241,627 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1920 is on Friday, November 26, 1920 at 01:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 10, 1920 at 10:04 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 2, 192016:29
New Moon (after)Friday, December 10, 192010:04

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Sunday, December 5, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 10, 1920 to the new moon of December 10, 1920, a cycle of 29.75 days.