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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on December 20, 1922Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 1922384,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
384,202 km238,732 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1922 is on Wednesday, January 3, 1923 at 02:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 18, 192212:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 26, 192205:53

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1922 to the new moon of January 17, 1923, a cycle of 29.60 days.