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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on December 17, 1924Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 December 1924396,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
396,075 km246,109 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1924 is on Thursday, December 11, 1924 at 07:04 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 26, 1924 at 03:46 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.