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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 December 1923404,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
404,008 km251,039 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1923 is on Sunday, December 23, 1923 at 07:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 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.