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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1929: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on December 26, 1929Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 December 1929394,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
394,887 km245,371 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 26, 1929 is on Monday, December 16, 1929 at 11:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 1929 at 23:42 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.