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The Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1991: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 29, 1991Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 December 1991386,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 29, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
386,952 km240,440 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1991 is on Saturday, December 21, 1991 at 10:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 28, 199101:55
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 4, 199223:10

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Sunday, December 29, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 1991 to the new moon of January 4, 1992, a cycle of 29.80 days.