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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 1924Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 December 1924399,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
399,883 km248,476 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1924 is on Thursday, December 11, 1924 at 07:04 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 26, 1924 at 03:46 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 11, 192407:04
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 19, 192410:11

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 1924 to the new moon of December 26, 1924, a cycle of 29.44 days.