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The Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1922: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on December 5, 1922Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 December 1922387,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 5, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
387,915 km241,039 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1922 is on Monday, December 4, 1922 at 11:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 4, 192211:23
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 11, 192216:41

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Tuesday, December 5, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1922 to the new moon of December 18, 1922, a cycle of 29.51 days.