Waning · 94.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°
Moon age
16.2days
Moon phase on December 21, 1926Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, December 21, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
392,241 km243,727 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, December 19, 1926 | 06:09 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, December 27, 1926 | 04:59 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Tuesday, December 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1926, or the whole moon calendar 1926.
- The same date one year apart: 1925 · 1927.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.