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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1928: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on December 6, 1928Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 December 1928397,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
397,503 km246,997 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1928 is on Tuesday, November 27, 1928 at 09:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 12, 1928 at 05:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 4, 192802:32
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 12, 192805:06

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 1928 to the new moon of December 12, 1928, a cycle of 29.81 days.