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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 1920Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 December 1920397,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
397,408 km246,938 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1920 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 10, 1920 at 10:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.