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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1930: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1930Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 December 1930385,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
385,463 km239,515 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1930 is on Saturday, December 6, 1930 at 00:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.