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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 December 1937360,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
360,786 km224,182 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 2, 1937 at 23:11 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 11, 193701:13
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 17, 193718:52

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 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.