Cool Moon Facts by Whip

Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

16 December 1773 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

The Boston Tea Party

342 chests of tea went into Boston Harbour under a 15% crescent, barely any light at all.

The harbour was shallow at low tide and the tea reportedly piled up above the waterline. A thin crescent sets not long after the Sun, so the work was done in near-total darkness, which was rather the idea.

Date
16 December 1773
Moon computed for
21:00 local time, UTC−4:44
Phase
Waxing Crescent
Illuminated
14%

Source: Massachusetts Historical Society

Settings

Your location

Only used to work out rise and set times. It stays in this browser.

Moon orientation

Southern-hemisphere skies show the moon flipped. This follows your location automatically.

Saved facts

Everything saved here

This site keeps your location, your saved facts and your settings in this browser and nowhere else. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing here can be recovered once it is gone.

Cool Moon Facts · built by Whiptronics LLC

Gear that makes it better

Where these numbers come from