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The Moon on Friday, December 16, 1932: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 16, 1932Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 December 1932395,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 16, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
395,226 km245,582 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1932 is on Tuesday, December 13, 1932 at 02:21 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 27, 1932 at 11:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 13, 193202:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 20, 193220:22

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Friday, December 16, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 1932 to the new moon of December 27, 1932, a cycle of 29.44 days.