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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on December 18, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 December 1926380,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
380,105 km236,186 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 1926 at 06:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.