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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1930: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on December 16, 1930Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 1930379,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
379,241 km235,649 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1930 is on Saturday, December 6, 1930 at 00:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 12, 193020:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 20, 193001:24

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 1930 to the new moon of December 20, 1930, a cycle of 29.63 days.