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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on December 23, 1926Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 December 1926399,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
399,768 km248,404 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.