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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on December 9, 1926Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 December 1926372,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
372,454 km231,432 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 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.