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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on December 20, 1926Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 December 1926388,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
388,011 km241,099 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 19, 192606:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 27, 192604:59

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.