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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 15, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 December 1926372,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
372,406 km231,402 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 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.