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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1924: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 1924Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 December 1924379,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
379,971 km236,103 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1924 is on Thursday, December 11, 1924 at 07:04 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 26, 1924 at 03:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 19, 192410:11
New Moon (after)Friday, December 26, 192403:46

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.