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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on December 23, 1937Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 December 1937382,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
382,844 km237,888 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.