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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1937: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on December 30, 1937Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 December 1937406,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
406,340 km252,488 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.