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The Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on December 21, 1922Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 December 1922389,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
389,093 km241,771 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1922 is on Wednesday, January 3, 1923 at 02:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Thursday, December 21, 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.