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The Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1926: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 1926Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 December 1926401,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 28, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
401,314 km249,365 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 27, 192604:59
New Moon (after)Monday, January 3, 192720:28

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Tuesday, December 28, 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.