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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 1937: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Last Quarter at

14:20UTC

Moon phase on December 24, 1937Last Quarter

Friday 24 December 1937388,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 1937, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.1% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
388,808 km241,594 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 17, 193718:52
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, December 24, 193714:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 1, 193818:58

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 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.