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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on December 23, 1922Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 December 1922397,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
397,942 km247,270 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1922 is on Wednesday, January 3, 1923 at 02:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 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.