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The Moon on Monday, December 31, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 1928Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 December 1928380,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 31, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
380,204 km236,248 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1928 is on Wednesday, December 26, 1928 at 19:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 26, 192819:55
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 2, 192918:44

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Monday, December 31, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 1928 to the new moon of January 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.81 days.