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The Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 1921Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 December 1921404,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 6, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,485 km251,335 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1921 is on Thursday, December 15, 1921 at 02:50 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 1921 at 13:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 29, 192113:25
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 7, 192113:19

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Tuesday, December 6, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1921 to the new moon of December 29, 1921, a cycle of 29.68 days.