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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1920: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

First Quarter at

14:40UTC

Moon phase on December 18, 1920First Quarter

Saturday 18 December 1920392,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1920, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
392,563 km243,927 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1920 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 10, 1920 at 10:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 10, 192010:04
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 18, 192014:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 25, 192012:38

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.