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The Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1923: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on December 5, 1923Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 December 1923360,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 5, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
360,701 km224,129 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1923 is on Friday, November 23, 1923 at 12:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 1, 192310:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 8, 192301:30

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Wednesday, December 5, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 8, 1923 to the new moon of December 8, 1923, a cycle of 29.42 days.