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The Moon on Friday, December 22, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 22, 1933Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 December 1933376,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 22, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
376,337 km233,845 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1933 is on Sunday, December 31, 1933 at 20:54 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 17, 1933 at 02:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Friday, December 22, 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.