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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1924: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 1924Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 December 1924379,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
379,702 km235,936 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1924 is on Saturday, January 10, 1925 at 02:47 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 26, 1924 at 03:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 26, 192403:46
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 1, 192523:26

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1924 to the new moon of January 24, 1925, a cycle of 29.46 days.