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The Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1921: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Last Quarter at

19:54UTC

Moon phase on December 21, 1921Last Quarter

Wednesday 21 December 1921371,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 21, 1921, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
371,356 km230,750 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1921 is on Thursday, December 15, 1921 at 02:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 15, 192102:50
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 21, 192119:54
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 29, 192105:39

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Wednesday, December 21, 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.