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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 1937: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Full Moon at

18:52UTC

Moon phase on December 17, 1937Full Moon

Friday 17 December 1937356,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 1937, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
356,658 km221,617 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 356,703 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 11, 193701:13
Full Moon (this day)Friday, December 17, 193718:52
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 24, 193714:20

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.