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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 1921Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 December 1921365,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
365,283 km226,976 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1921 is on Thursday, December 15, 1921 at 02:50 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 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.