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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 1937Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 December 1937364,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
364,765 km226,654 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 17, 193718:52
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 24, 193714:20

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.