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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1925: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on December 17, 1925Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 December 1925361,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 1925, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
361,705 km224,753 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1925 is on Wednesday, December 30, 1925 at 02:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 15, 1925 at 19:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 15, 192519:05
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 22, 192511:08

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1925 to the new moon of January 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.48 days.