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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1930: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 1930Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 1930382,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
382,214 km237,497 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1930 is on Saturday, December 6, 1930 at 00:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.