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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1923: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 1923Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 December 1923358,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,688 km222,878 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1923 is on Friday, November 23, 1923 at 12:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 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.