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The Moon on Monday, December 6, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on December 6, 1926Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 December 1926379,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 6, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
379,661 km235,911 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 5, 192606:12
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 12, 192606:47

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Monday, December 6, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 1926 to the new moon of January 3, 1927, a cycle of 29.59 days.