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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1930Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 December 1930404,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
404,640 km251,432 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1930 is on Sunday, January 4, 1931 at 13:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 1930 at 01:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.