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The Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 1930Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 December 1930396,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 21, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
396,016 km246,073 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1930 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 20, 193001:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, December 28, 193003:59

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Sunday, December 21, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1930 to the new moon of January 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.72 days.