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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on December 20, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 December 1923405,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
405,294 km251,838 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1923 is on Sunday, December 23, 1923 at 07:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.