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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on December 20, 1933Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 1933365,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
365,089 km226,856 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1933 is on Sunday, December 31, 1933 at 20:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 17, 1933 at 02:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 17, 193302:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 23, 193320:09

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1933 to the new moon of January 15, 1934, a cycle of 29.45 days.