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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1937: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on December 29, 1937Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 December 1937405,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
405,765 km252,131 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 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.