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The Moon on Friday, December 22, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on December 22, 1922Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 December 1922393,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 22, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
393,796 km244,693 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1922 is on Wednesday, January 3, 1923 at 02:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Friday, December 22, 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.