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The Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1922: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

First Quarter at

05:53UTC

Moon phase on December 26, 1922First Quarter

Tuesday 26 December 1922404,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 26, 1922, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
404,236 km251,181 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1922 is on Wednesday, January 3, 1923 at 02:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 1922 at 12:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 18, 192212:20
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 26, 192205:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 3, 192302:33

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Tuesday, December 26, 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.