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The Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1921: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 22, 1921Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 December 1921374,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
374,396 km232,639 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1921 is on Thursday, December 15, 1921 at 02:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 21, 192119:54
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 29, 192105:39

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Thursday, December 22, 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.