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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 1937: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 31, 1937Waning Crescent

Friday 31 December 1937406,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
406,153 km252,372 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1937 is on Friday, December 17, 1937 at 18:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 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.