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The Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on December 16, 1920Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 December 1920401,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 16, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.0% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
401,233 km249,315 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1920 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 10, 1920 at 10:04 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Thursday, December 16, 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.