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The Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 9, 1923Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 December 1923363,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 9, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
363,500 km225,869 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1923 is on Sunday, December 23, 1923 at 07:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 8, 192301:30
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 15, 192302:38

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Sunday, December 9, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 1923 to the new moon of January 6, 1924, a cycle of 29.47 days.