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The Moon on Friday, December 3, 1926: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 1926Waning Crescent

Friday 3 December 1926391,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 3, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
391,312 km243,150 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1926 is on Friday, November 19, 1926 at 16:21 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, November 27, 192607:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 5, 192606:12

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Friday, December 3, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 5, 1926 to the new moon of December 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.65 days.