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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1933: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on December 16, 1933Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 December 1933357,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
357,942 km222,415 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1933 is on Saturday, December 2, 1933 at 01:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 17, 1933 at 02:53 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 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.