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The Moon on Tuesday, December 12, 1933: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 1933Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 December 1933377,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 12, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
377,209 km234,387 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1933 is on Saturday, December 2, 1933 at 01:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 17, 1933 at 02:53 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 10, 193306:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 17, 193302:53

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Tuesday, December 12, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 17, 1933 to the new moon of December 17, 1933, a cycle of 29.44 days.