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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1931Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 1931381,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
381,100 km236,804 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1931 is on Thursday, December 24, 1931 at 23:24 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 1932 at 23:29 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 24, 193123:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 1, 193201:23

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1931 to the new moon of January 7, 1932, a cycle of 29.55 days.