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The Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on December 5, 1937Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 December 1937405,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 5, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
405,423 km251,918 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 2, 1937 at 23:11 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 2, 193723:11
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 11, 193701:13

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Sunday, December 5, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1937 to the new moon of January 1, 1938, a cycle of 29.82 days.