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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 17, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 December 1923403,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
403,777 km250,895 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1923 is on Sunday, December 23, 1923 at 07:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 15, 192302:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 23, 192307:33

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 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.