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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on December 24, 1926Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 December 1926402,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.6% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
402,451 km250,071 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 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.