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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1926: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 1926Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 December 1926393,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
393,620 km244,584 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.