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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on December 22, 1937Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 December 1937376,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
376,542 km233,972 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.