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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1926: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

First Quarter at

06:47UTC

Moon phase on December 12, 1926First Quarter

Sunday 12 December 1926370,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 1926, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
370,246 km230,060 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 5, 192606:12
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 12, 192606:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 19, 192606:09

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 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.