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The Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1929: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on December 25, 1929Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 December 1929390,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 25, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
390,851 km242,864 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 23, 192902:27
New Moon (after)Monday, December 30, 192923:42

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Wednesday, December 25, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 1929 to the new moon of December 30, 1929, a cycle of 29.79 days.