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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1922: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 1922Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 December 1922372,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 1922, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
372,014 km231,159 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1922 is on Monday, December 4, 1922 at 11:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 11, 192216:41
New Moon (after)Monday, December 18, 192212:20

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 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.