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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 1926: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on December 31, 1926Waning Crescent

Friday 31 December 1926388,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
388,691 km241,521 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1926 is on Sunday, December 19, 1926 at 06:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 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.