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The Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 1921Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 December 1921402,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 31, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
402,595 km250,161 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1921 is on Friday, January 13, 1922 at 14:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 29, 192105:39
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 6, 192210:24

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Saturday, December 31, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1921 to the new moon of January 27, 1922, a cycle of 29.76 days.