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The Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1923: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 1923Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 December 1923402,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 22, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
402,088 km249,846 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1923 is on Sunday, December 23, 1923 at 07:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 8, 1923 at 01:30 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Saturday, December 22, 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.