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The Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1924: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 21, 1924Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 December 1924373,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 21, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
373,823 km232,283 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1924 is on Thursday, December 11, 1924 at 07:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 26, 1924 at 03:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Sunday, December 21, 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.