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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 1923: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on December 31, 1923Waning Crescent

Monday 31 December 1923371,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
371,638 km230,925 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1923 is on Sunday, December 23, 1923 at 07:33 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 1924 at 12:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 30, 192321:07
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 6, 192412:48

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 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.