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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 12, 1920Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 December 1920406,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
406,145 km252,367 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1920 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 10, 1920 at 10:04 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 10, 192010:04
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 18, 192014:40

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1920 to the new moon of January 9, 1921, a cycle of 29.81 days.