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The Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 8, 1937Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 December 1937397,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 8, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
397,935 km247,265 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 2, 1937 at 23:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Wednesday, December 8, 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.