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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1937: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 26, 1937Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 December 1937398,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
398,508 km247,621 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 24, 193714:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 1, 193818:58

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.