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The Moon on Thursday, December 21, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on December 21, 1933Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 December 1933370,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 21, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
370,453 km230,189 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1933 is on Sunday, December 31, 1933 at 20:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 17, 1933 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Thursday, December 21, 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.