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The Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 1926Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 December 1926374,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 8, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
374,244 km232,544 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Wednesday, December 8, 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.