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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on December 22, 1926Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 December 1926396,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
396,266 km246,228 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.