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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 22, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 December 1920368,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
368,157 km228,762 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1920 is on Saturday, December 25, 1920 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 10, 1920 at 10:04 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.