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The Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1933: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

First Quarter at

20:09UTC

Moon phase on December 23, 1933First Quarter

Saturday 23 December 1933382,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 23, 1933, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
382,273 km237,533 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1933 is on Sunday, December 31, 1933 at 20:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 17, 1933 at 02:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 17, 193302:53
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 23, 193320:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 31, 193320:54

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Saturday, December 23, 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.